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AMP chief economist says housing future messy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... home prices. However, this is likely to be constrained by the economic environment and the impact of tougher prudential scrutiny of bank lending by APRA." He described the residential property outlook as "messy' for the next five to 10 years. According ...

Electricity sale fit for fixed income portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... Aberdeen has acknowledged the challenges for new operators, including execution and integration risks, increased regulatory scrutiny and subdued levels of network investment but expects a competitive bidding process for network assets.

NAB denies failing advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... Further, it noted that incidences of misconduct were often detected externally via customer complaints or regulatory scrutiny, rather than by NAB's internal processes. Hagger responded that NAB has paid between $10 and $15 million in compensation to ...

BetaShares launches ASX-listed ETF for US equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... that provides broad-based exposure at low cost," BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. "There has been much scrutiny in recent years around the costs and benefits of active managers, with more than 85% of international equities active managers ...

FPA sets sights on lifting professional standards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... its weight behind a number of initiatives to boost adviser education. "Last year saw our profession come under immense scrutiny," he said. "The spotlight this year is rightly on education and professional standards. The FPA welcomes this and we are pleased ...

Medcraft backs national adviser exam

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... which called for a national adviser exam In its submission to the Senate Economics Reference Committee inquiry into the scrutiny of financial advice. The bank said the new education framework should set standards and outline the minimum competency requirements ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... there is to be no compensation scheme if things do turn sour. Where SMSFs have been getting unwanted attention is the scrutiny of the amount of tax they pay. The argument is that the system unfairly benefits wealthy SMSF members who pay a lower proportion ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... commissioner to look at the full picture in an even-handed way. TWUSUPER was one of the few superannuation funds to come under scrutiny in the royal commission, mainly over the validity of its enterprise bargaining agreements and the fees it pays superannuation ...

Senate grills ASIC after it blocks 250,000 websites

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... warning notice," the regulator's submission said. "This incident revealed that the use of section 313 required closer scrutiny," the Committee said. ASIC has "since identified the problems it had using section 313, and possible ways for increasing due ...

ASIC to scrutinise intra-fund advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Superannuation funds can expect a higher level of scrutiny of their intra-fund advice operations over the coming year, according to Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chairman Peter Kell. Kell said the regulator's increased ...