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ASIC issues digital disclosure guidance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
ASIC has issued a new digital disclosure guidance for financial services product providers who want to step up their use of the internet to deliver offer documents, disclosures and personal statements to clients. Under the new guidance, product providers ...

AMP Capital appoints new MD

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
AMP Capital has appointed a new managing director. Current director and chief investment officer, property, Adam Tindall, will replace outgoing chief Stephen Dunne, who announced his retirement in May. Tindall joined AMP Capital Property in 2009. Prior ...

Australians making more money from investing than working

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Median Sydney house prices reaching $1 million combined with another strong year from super funds highlights how, for many Australians, their investments make more money than they do. Newspapers in Sydney this week featured stories about how the median ...

HK funds market just ahead of Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Hong Kong's funds management market climbed 10.5% during 2014 to reach a high of $2.8 trillion, revealed the HK Securities and Futures Commission. Despite the dramatic growth in the HK market, it is only slightly ahead of the Australian FUM market that ...

Australian fintech network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
H2 Ventures chief executive Ben Heap believes the financial services industry has largely avoided disruption and that New South Wales could be a leader in an industry "acutely suited to tech innovation." Heap's comments came as part of the official ...

Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
The distinction between active and passive investment management and indexing isn't as clear cut as many investors might think it is. Operating an active investment strategy is often associated with portfolio managers making regular trades to tactically ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Advisers should master digital communications channels before they lose business to other industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white ...

Industry funds embrace board independence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Top industry funds have embraced the proposal to introduce a third of independent directors to their boards and see it as an opportunity to add skills and improve governance. Despite opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA), at least three of ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are QSuper's executive search following chief executive Rosemary Vilgan's departure and Peters MacGregor's marquee hire. QSuper seeks new CEO, Vilgan departs - Rosemary Vilgan will leave QSuper in October after 27 ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
The Glass-Steagall Act that used to require US banking groups to separate their traditional activities from their investment management activities has been re-introduced into the US Senate. The legislation has been sponsored by GOP, Democrat and Independent ...