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Planning industry on brink of golden era

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014

... BT Financial general manager of advice Mark Spiers and AFA chief executive Brad Fox. All three agreed that the intense scrutiny on the financial planning sector will continue and it was the responsibility of all financial planners to stand united to ...

Licensee under ASIC scrutiny after employing AAA advisers

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014

... a regime of supervision, review and audit by a compliance expert for at least 15 months. The licensee came under ASIC scrutiny when it appointed a number of former representatives of AAA Financial Intelligence and AAA Shares after their Australian financial ...

Banks will struggle to profit from super: Sunsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014

... continues, according to Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley. Hartley said MySuper and increasing transparency - as well as scrutiny from the Financial System Review - is making it impossible for banks to continue charging high fees for their retail ...

Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014

... are under increasing pressure to beef up their middle office operations as result of increased institutional investor scrutiny of manager reporting and disclosure standards, according to global post-trade technology provider Omgeo. Hedge fund managers ...

FSI questions viability of franking credits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014

... question of superannuation taxation exemptions for high balance super accounts in general looks likely to come under real scrutiny in the final report. The interim report showed a graph demonstrating that almost 40% of super tax exemptions went to the ...

Inquiry sees spike in demand for legal action against CBA

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014

... fund would be "a step in the right direction" from CBA, but added that "any process needs to be subject to independent scrutiny." Law firm Maurice Blackburn, which has acted for dozens of affected investors, is also calling for an "independent and transparent ...

ASIC reviews misleading promotion of hybrids

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014

Hybrid securities providers can expect a high level of scrutiny from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), according to the regulator's chairman Greg Medcraft. Speaking at the Stockbrokers Association of Australia's annual conference ...

AMP reduces North Guarantee fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014

... investors to shore up investment gains at a lower price. The announcement comes after superannuation fees came under scrutiny in a report by the Grattan Institute, which found Australians were paying more on superannuation fees than most of their international ...

Fostering ethical standards crucial to industry reputation: CFA

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014

... Societies Australia vice president Anthony Serhan. At a time when the conduct of financial advisers is under intense scrutiny, CFA Societies Australia is focusing on improving ethical standards in the financial services industry. As the group's inaugural ...

FoFA introduced into parliament with some tweaks

ALICE URIBE | WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014

... concerns about the Government's apparent determination to give immediate effect to these measures ahead of any parliamentary scrutiny."

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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