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Corporate bond issue closes at $35m oversubscribed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... will pay a fixed rate of interest of 7.75% per annum, confirmed FIIG Securities, the sole lead arranger of the issue. The notes were distributed to new and existing FIIG Securities' clients, including SMSFs, who qualified as sophisticated or professional ...

ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... financial adviser after finding he engaged in conduct "that was misleading or deceptive whilst issuing unsecured fixed interest notes in Protect Ensure." Lee Robert Robin of Camp Hill, Queensland, has been a director of Protect Ensure since 18 April ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... savings," Bowen said. "Labor is considering the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into the Performance of ASIC and notes the ongoing work of it successor, the inquiry into Scrutiny of Financial Advice. "Labor is concerned by continued reports ...

Life risk sales falling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... trauma insurance sales fell by 8% to $280 million in the March quarter, according to research by DEXX&R. DEXX&R's report notes that this time is "traditionally the slowest quarter" for insurance sales, but sales were down by 2% on the previous corresponding ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... as if they were so nervous that they want to sit aside," he says, and adds: "Here is where the opportunity lies." Bracken notes that in Spain unemployment is still above 22%, but "all economic indicators are ticking up and beating expectations. In Ireland ...

Infrastructure allocations up 14% in two years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... typically the only institutions large enough to deploy the capital needed for large infrastructure projects. (The report notes that 71% of the top 100 prefer direct infrastructure investments.) The report adds that Australia has the largest number of ...

FIIG to arrange record bond issue

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... arranged by FIIG Securities, comprises two types of bonds: Series A - minimum of $30 million of four year floating-rate notes, and Series B - minimum of $45 million of six-year fixed-rate notes. SCT founder and chairman Peter Smith said the funds would ...

Rice Warner debunks super myths

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... payments, mandatory annuities, and bequests. Rice Warner's submission to the Tax Discussion Paper was released today, and notes the share of personal taxation has risen to 48% of the $415 billion in revenue expected to be raised in 2015-16. "We suggest ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... entitlements - is also a threat to the integrity of Australia's tax revenue and superannuation systems. The report also notes superannuation funds are currently equivalent to about 120% of the Australian share market capitalisation and 90% of Australia's ...

Members less likely to switch from workplace funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... their workplace, it confirms how fundamental workplace distribution for any mass market wealth group is. The report also notes that overall satisfaction with superannuation is increasing sharply, but such a statistic is meaningless given that it's compulsory ...