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Scope for super participation in TPD education

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... superannuation accounts, the role super funds should play in more accessible communication has come under the spotlight. "TPD reference is often found in the bi-yearly or annual statements that are circulated so it is there, but it's often in the fine ...

Barclays fined $A451 million

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... rates (called Libor and Euribor) reported by banks in the United Kingdom. The Libor and Euribor rates are benchmark reference rates that indicate the interest rate which banks charge when lending to each other. They are fundamental to the operation of ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... regulators and policy makers globally as effective, pro-active and forward looking. I want to make IOSCO the key global reference body for securities regulation, in much the way the Basel Committee is seen for banking regulation and supervision." "IOSCO ...

ETFs have proved their worth in crisis: iShares

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... trade and investors were running from quoting the underlying assets, people were still able to use the ETF as a single reference point for that asset - in fact it represented the only way to trade investment grade corporate exposure." iShares, while ...

Direct mandates growth solid: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... to Towers Watson. The trend was consistent across most asset classes, with 2011 forming the final year in a five-year reference period. Hedge fund mandates awarded by clients of Towers Watson to direct fund managers was three times higher than via fund ...

Conflict of interest still key issue: ASIC shadow shop

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
ASIC has revealed conflict of interest has again emerged as a problem for consumers in its latest shadow shop research on financial advice. The results of the 2011 survey, carried out to test the quality of advice given to consumers in or nearing retirement ...

Superannuation needs more regulatory resilience: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... and breaches, so ASIC is significantly impacted by growth in Super with more stakeholders and investment products." In reference to the increased workload of the Australian regulator in light of a shift to overseeing systemic risk following the GFC ...

Video SoAs on the cards

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... adviser firm that was sending clients videos of their Statements of Advice (SoAs) along with the paper document as a reference, which can be a simple recording of the session. "They talk to the client with a video which they can go back and rewatch and ...

No time for FOFA impact statement: OBPR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The Office of Best Practice Regulation has said time pressures prevented an adequate regulatory impact statement being prepared on six elements of the FOFA legislation. Speaking before a Senate Estimates committee, Jason McNamara, executive director ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... did - would have created gyrations in the equity markets in the order of at least plus and minus 1.5%. Easy. For your reference, the S&P 500's daily closings gyrated between plus 1.3% and minus 1.5% on average in the second half of last year as the Europe ...