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ASIC calls for tighter employment checks

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Standards Australia have launched a new handbook to give employers a reference-checking framework for financial advisers. ASIC developed the handbook, Reference Checking in the Financial ...

The great Australian FM shuffle

Who is managing your money? According to a new report, more than a third of household names in Australian equities fund management lost a key portfolio manager or analyst in the last seven months, changing the balance of power and muscle in the local ...

IOOF plays fair with fee discounts

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
IOOF has opened the door to offer its fee aggregation discount service to same-sex couples. The policy change came about after a single enquiry, said head of strategy and product, Nick Everingham. Just last week, Everingham said they had someone apply ...

Macq Pastoral banks on beef demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
Macquarie Pastoral Group has made its second major purchase after it bought 'The Bulls Run', an established cattle and sheep property on the Murrumbidgee River in NSW, for an undisclosed amount. The new 7,500-hectare property concentrates its operations ...

Stung UK private equity managers fight back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
Stung by mounting criticism in the UK alleging private equity managers are tax dodgers, asset strippers and don't contribute to the economy, the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has thrown off the gloves and come out fighting. BVCA vice chairman ...

Global indices are dinosaurs: Schroders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Global equity indices are dinosaurs and could be heading for extinction, according to Schroders' head of sales, Brian Scott. Scott said indices such as the MSCI World (ex-Australia) were inefficient, had a poor alignment of interest, were unsafe and ...

PDS more popular online: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
More than 50 per cent of Vanguard's retail investors are now choosing to download their PDS rather than request a print version, according to head of marketing, Colin Bold. "In some months more recently, we've had actually up to 60 per cent," he said. ...

Mining may halt but football endures

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
As the Federal Government commits $17 million in water saving devices for Scout halls across Australia, the water shortage crisis has been revealed as far worse than previously reported. Along with farmers, mining and other water-intensive industries ...

China's market party gets louder

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
China's stock market party is getting wilder and no one is listening to calls to turn the music down - it seems that investors are just having too much fun. China is leading the world in IPO volumes and new share offerings are often doubling in value ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The New Jersey Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund seemed in dire trouble last week as it was revealed funds destined for retirement funding had been diverted to cover more immediate expenditure, in a theme echoing some of the recent debate around Australia's ...