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ASIC new guidance for AFSL

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Holders of an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) now face updated guidance including guides on margin lending facilities, simple managed investment schemes and certain superannuation products. Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

AustralianSuper assets under 'climate change' test

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
AustralianSuper hopes to get a more concrete measure of how much 'climate change risk' can affect the fund's long-term returns, hiring a consultant to analyse the impact of climate change on all its investment portfolios. The $37 billion fund said it ...

Guardian FP eyes risk advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Guardian Financial Planning hopes to grow its adviser network by 10 per cent this financial year and wants to attract more risk insurance specialist advisers. The financial planning firm is using referrals to attract interest while talking to potential ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices closing mixed after Europe was lower and Asia generally higher. Metals and oil were higher, too. At 0755 AEDT on the ASX 24, the June share price ...

Asgard upgrades insurance for FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Platform provider Asgard adds new features to its Asgard Personal Protection Package (APPP) which will help advisers in their risk-related business. APPP now provides online application and tracking tools and a Mortgage Acceptance Cover feature. "We're ...

Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
A governance framework asking superannuation funds to disclose executive pay and review directors of multiple boards was launched today at the Conference of Major Super Funds on the Gold Coast. The new framework, developed by the Australian Institute ...

More time needed for Stronger Super side issues: Costello

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
There is not enough time to comprehensively deal with all the issues involved in the implementation of the Stronger Super package by June, the chair of the Federal Government's working group on the super system review has told the Conference of Major ...

PineBridge enjoys strong inflows in EM debt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
From managing a modest $25 million in emerging markets in the mid-90s to $5.5 billion today, global fund manager Pinebridge Investments is benefiting from the growing number of investors that use EM debt as a portfolio diversifier. Rajeev Mittal, head ...

Offshore fund managers tap Northern Trust

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
Overseas fund managers keen to expand their Australian presence are turning to the local investment expertise of global custody provider Northern Trust. "We have received great interest from European and US global asset managers chasing super dollars ...

Future Fund appoints GM

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
Outgoing Treasury Group chief executive Mark Burgess has been appointed general manager of the Future Fund, starting in late June. Burgess will remain in his current role until June 24, with former managing director David Cooper alongside him in an ...