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APRA trustee reforms, definition of independence yet to be finalised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... in Part 9 [of the SIS Act] with new board composition requirements focused on the appointment of independent directors," notes the APRA discussion paper. Given the definition of independence is central to these new practices, the paper states APRA will ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... building relationships." Putting those skills to work was especially important in an institutional sales role, because as he notes relationships tend to be fairly long-term and can take some time to establish. "We already had relationships with some ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... The Platinum Asia Fund is invested in several Chinese insurance companies, China Mobile and search engine Baidu. Clifford notes that all of these are "large businesses, quite sophisticated and with revenue sizes three times the size of some of their ...

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... billion in funds under management as of 30 June 2014, Tasplan had $2.5 billion in funds under management as at 31 March 2015, notes researcher Rainmaker. The fund is already set to merge with the $628 million Quadrant Super in November. The combined ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... medium term," she says. A continent, not a country Investors need to think of China as "a continent, not a country," she notes. GDP growth between provinces varied as much as 9% in the first quarter. The country is expected to contribute 1.1% to global ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... privatisation fund with the aim of raising a,-50 billion over the course of the bail-out." "These commitments -the statement notes dryly- are minimum requirements to start the negotiations with the Greek authorities." "Minimum requirements"? Kill me ...

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 ...