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Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... quality of financial advice. Our report was finalised before the Senate Economics Committee released its report on the performance of ASIC. However, we appear to have identified similar issues regarding ASIC's mandate, skills, powers and funding model. ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers in the print edition - are also on iPadA(C).

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... a product to be simple when in fact it has a complex structure or complex features that may have an impact on its performance," ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer said. "ASIC will continue to monitor issuers' compliance with disclosure and advertising when ...

Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... reporting' category. ACSI chief executive Gordon Hagart said: "A lack of reliable and comparable disclosure of corporate performance, beyond that contained in traditional financial reporting, can undermine effective communication of these longer-term ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
In the wake of the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will lift the minimum education standards for its financial advisers and demand that they belong to a ...

Star managers launch fund-of-funds in support of children's charities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... investment vehicle while also helping to improve the lives of children at risk. Because there are no management and no performance fees, the Future Generation Investment Fund model delivers exceptional value to shareholders," the investment company's ...

Australian students get top marks for financial literacy

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... are important for financial wellbeing from a young age and throughout life," Larbey said. However, despite the good performance by Australian students, 10% of Australian students performed at the lowest levels. This suggests that these students will ...

Alternatives managers must be more transparent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... them meet regulatory reporting requirements, according to BNP Paribas. Madhu Gayer, head of investment reporting and performance for Asia-Pacific at BNP Paribas Securities Services said institutional investors are increasing their allocation to alternative ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... to eternity or until the global expansion becomes self-expanding or whichever comes first. Looking at the indices performance, it seems like we're back to the attack on the momo, smalls, biotech and net stocks once more. The Russell 2000's down 1.2% ...

ASIC warns fund managers to fix fee disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... being disclosed. It also found instances of incorrectly disclosing fees net of tax and inconsistent disclosure of performance fees. The report identified a need to provide further guidance from the regulator and raised the possibility for modifying the ...