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Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
A Labor MP has called for Assistant Treasurer Senator Arthur Sinodinos to step aside during the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into his involvement with the Eddie Obeid-linked Australian Water Holdings (AWH). Sinodinos is set ...

Parliament passes more nuanced SMSF penalties

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... concept of administrative penalties for SMSFs when they were first proposed by the previous Government responding to the Cooper Review, and we are pleased to see the Coalition Government push the legislation through Parliament. "The new regime will give ...

Westpac exec gets ASIC ban after preying on elderly's finances

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
ASIC has permanently banned David St Pierre, a former Westpac bank home finance manager from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services after encouraging vulnerable clients to borrow against their homes for investments. St Pierre ...

Financial Adviser convicted of 'tombstoning': ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has convicted Pavan Vyas for dishonest conduct after pleading guilty to 'tombstoning'. In August 2013, Vyas pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonest conduct after 'tombstoning', which involves ...

Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Superannuation funds must better engage with the boards of listed companies in order to bring a longer-term perspective to their decisions, according to the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA). In a new paper entitled, 'Improving engagement between ...

Dalton Nicol Reid wins $40m Intrust mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Intrust Super has awarded a $40m mandate to Australian equities fund manager, Dalton Nicol Reid. Intrust is a boutique $1.6 billion industry super fund based in Queensland for the hospitality sector with 130,000 members and 10,000 employers. The mandate ...

ATO doing a good job on SMSFs: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... efficiently regulating the self-managed superannuation sector, according to Challenger's chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper said that, contrary to perceptions that it is out of its depth in this burgeoning sector, the ATO is becoming ...

BT announces upgrades to ageing Wrap platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... with the first upgrade expected in the coming months. In a market update presentation to analysts, chief executive Brad Cooper said the new integrated platform would transform how customers build, manage and protect their wealth. The upgrades are aimed ...

Member direct investment at "high water mark": AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... world by storm," he said, adding that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Haynes shared the stage with Challenger's Jeremy Cooper, who agreed with Haynes' less-than-positive view of MDI. He said MDI was a "blend" of SMSF and professionally-run funds, and ...

Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found little evidence that 'emulation funds', designed to cut trading costs in multi-manager portfolios, outperform the funds they track before fees and taxes. Emulation funds are designed ...