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CBA dismisses Murray's concerns over vertical integration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... corresponds to the costs of the Open Advice Review program and the new licensee conditions imposed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on CBA's Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom businesses. "The financial ...

Administrators fined over 'free ' SMSF set up claims

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)A has ordered a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration service provider to pay an infringement notice penalty after claiming its service was free. Your Super Accountant has paid ...

BetaShares partners with fifth largest US ETF provider

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... institutional investors. BetaShares and WisdomTree will also look to develop new products for inclusion on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). "Our collaboration with WisdomTree is an important milestone, opening up a large range of innovative ...

Global Wealth Partners to launch fund on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... offering of ordinary shares in Global Wealth Partners Fund (GWP) as a first step toward listing the fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on 26 September 2014. Sunrise co-presenter David Koch is chairman of the GWP board while former Colonial ...

ASIC lowers wholesale investor threshold to $2.5 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... assets of at least $2.5 million could be classified as wholesale investors by their financial advisers, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has determined. The regulator has issued a statement to clarify the definition of retail ...

Resources needed for outcomes, regulators warn Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... objectives for the different agencies. In its response, made public in the form of a statement of intent, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said that it can operate "at a range of resource levels, but resourcing will affect ...

ASIC cracks down on advisers over PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled seven Australian financial services (AFS) licenses that did not comply with professional indemnity (PI) insurance obligations. The review targeted licensees which had not requested ...

We don't want to regulate SMSFs: APRA, ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... deputy chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). But Peter Kell, deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), challenged his questioner whether being asked to regulate the sector this was the right ...

Barrack St raises $16 million through IPO

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
Manny Pohl's Barrack Street Investments is scheduled to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on August 14 after it raised $16 million through its initial public offer (IPO). The small and mid-cap listed investment company will be managed ...

Treasury Group shares surge on merger news

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... cents to $10.53 in an hour's trade on Tuesday, adding 9.1 per cent after news of the merger deal hit the Australian Securities Exchange. It's the company's highest share price in six years. Under the new agreement Treasury Group will gain more access ...