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UK has overtaken Australia for platform innovation: Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... how their back offices operate. Spurring the different attitude of platform groups in the UK was the quick succession of major regulatory reforms that included introduction of the Retail Distribution Review, requirements for much greater transactional ...

Labor, Greens will "keep fighting" after FoFA backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
The Labor Party and the Greens met this morning to consider next steps after the Palmer United Party (PUP) and Motor Enthusiasts Senator Ricky Muir made a last-minute move to support the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments in the Senate last ...

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... CBA, handed down his interim report on Tuesday, a large proportion of which was dedicated to the superannuation industry. A major development since the 1997 Wallis inquiry has been the rapid expansion of the super savings pool - from about $300 billion ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of the financial system in 17 years was released in Canberra. ANZ was steady at $33.54 ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... managers, North America continues to be the largest destination for alternative capital (45%), with infrastructure as the only major exception where more capital is invested in Europe. Overall, 38% of alternative assets are invested in Europe and 7% ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... assumption was that these would come from within Australia. Our growing interconnectedness with the rest of the world has major implications for Australia's financial system, especially the weight we need to attach to financial stability. The financial ...

Alphinity fund gets rating upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Alphinity Australian Share Fund (ASF) has received a 'Highly Recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners. The ASF is Alphinity's flagship fund. Its process seeks to identify companies who are more likely to experience a short-term earnings ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... with healthcare and gold stocks the best performers. IG chief market analyst Ric Spooner said trading was quiet without any major developments driving the market. Investors will be influenced by a deluge of quarterly profit news out of the US this week ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
Super funds should not be shy of demanding full holdings disclosure from alternatives managers in order to meet reporting standards, HOSTPLUS chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has said. Sicilia said that if the managers refuse to provide the information ...

Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
The Labor Party tabled the regulations of amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments yesterday in the Senate. Labor Senator Sam Dastyari presented an order for the production of the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining Future of ...