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ASIC enforces AFSLs for margin lenders

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Issuers and advisers of margin lending facilities will have five months to apply for a mandatory Australian Financial Services license - or face closing shop. Existing margin lenders and advisers on margin loans must apply to ASIC for an AFSL authorisation ...

Aviva key personnel disbanded after NAB buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
More than six months on since NAB bought Aviva Australia's Navigator platform and insurance business, at least three key Aviva personnel have left or about to leave, while five have assumed new roles within NAB's businesses. Allan Griffiths, chief executive ...

Macquarie in talks with Charter Hall

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The details behind Macquarie's venture to potentially sell its real estate management platform to Charter Hall are still sketchy - but one property expert predicts the outcome of the deal could create a new heavyweight property player in Australia. ...

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney appoints Aus chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has appointed former managing director of Commonwealth Securities (CommSec), Matthew Comyn, as chief executive of its Australian wealth management business. Comyn starts his role in the final week of February at a time when ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
There were no surprises contained in the Fed's statement after it concluded its two-day FOMC meeting overnight. Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief. One down! "The Committee will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent ...

SMSFs buy more Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Self-managed super funds are embracing the comeback of Aussie shares with vigour, according to new figures from Multiport. Investments in equity have become the flavour of the quarter to 31 December, with a 10 per cent jump in investments in the sector ...

AustralianSuper overhauls SRI mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
AustralianSuper has redefined its $270 million socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate with Perpetual Investments from a strict exclusion approach to a broader best-of-sector strategy. The changes, which occurred this month, mean AustralianSuper's ...

Star ratings face predictability test

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Research group Morningstar has rebutted a US study that suggested its ratings system failed or virtually lost all of its predicted ability when measured over a full market cycle. In early December, Advisor Perspectives, a US-based investment trends ...

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Three leading super funds have supported calls for the industry to disclose executive pay the same way listed companies do, following the release of the Cooper report that asked whether super funds should adopt the same corporate governance rules as ...

Funds under management post record jump

RAINMAKER GROUP IS THE OWNER OF FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
The value of assets managed by investment managers jumped 9 per cent during the September 2009 quarter to reach $1.39 trillion, the biggest quarterly increase in seven years, according to the latest research from Rainmaker. Rainmaker's upbeat market ...