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Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... competitive market forces could not reasonably be expected to provide." It said that both recommendations were built on the Cooper Review's recommendations, which envisaged the same role for default funds in awards approved by the industry. "Despite ...

New Westpac chief executive scraps previous position

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... banking services. Westpac retail & business banking group executive Jason Yetton, CIO David Curran, BT chief executive Brad Cooper and St George chief executive George Frazis will now all report directly to Hartzer. "The close coordination of our Australian ...

ASIC national exam proposal lacks evidence: CMCRC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
ASIC chair Greg Medcraft's call for a national adviser examination is flawed, according to Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) chief executive Michael Aitken. While recognising Medcraft's good intentions, Professor Aitken argued that ...

ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed conditions on the licence of Suncorp-owned Guardian Advice following a surveillance which uncovered deficiencies in the advice it provided to retail clients. ASIC said the company ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
"'Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la...", "silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright..." Bah, humbug! The negative news flow and speculations over the past 24 hours would, like ol' Ebenezer Scrooge, make you, I and Irene hate Christmas. ...

AMP Capital joins mFund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
AMP Capital has joined ASX's mFund Settlement Service, listing six of its funds on the service. This takes the number of fund managers listed on the service to 23, and the number of funds to 70. ASX managed investment services manager Ian Irvine said ...

SMSF court case highlights penalty uncertainties

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Federal Court's ruling on a case involving two self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees who used their fund for personal matters has highlighted the uncertainty around penalties. The fund, totaling more than $260k, was used to purchase residential ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
ASX and the Bank of China have signed a heads of agreement to develop the Renminbi (RMB) as a currency in Australia's financial markets. The heads of agreement complements the recent appointment of the Bank of China as the official RMB clearing bank ...

Profile: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand chief executive Lee White

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Lee White, chief executive of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, is the first accountant to lead the body. He recently oversaw a history-making merger between the ICAA and NZICA and is now making lifelong learning a priority for accountants. ...

IFM has 'concerns' over infra prices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
IFM Investors' head of European infrastructure debt David Cooper has stopped short of saying there is an infrastructure bubble, but raised 'concerns' about the prices institutional investors are paying for infrastructure. When asked to comment on whether ...