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"People who complain are gotten rid of": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
A submission to the Senate inquiry into the regulator's performance provides yet another testimony of a culture of "cronyism and favouritism" which includes threats and harassment of employees. The testimony comes from a former employee of the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
The Australian market has opened lower, continuing a trend down since October with investors taking profits. The Australian market is down 5.0 per cent since hitting a year high in October. Friday morning's falls follow a fifth consecutive day of losses ...

Airline crash investigation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

Tyndall AM appoints investment risk manager

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Tyndall AM has appointed former JP Morgan executive Chris Collins as investment risk manager. Collins was previously with JP Morgan as a market risk analyst with responsibility for the Asia equity derivatives business and for reviewing the daily VaR ...

FSC report backs case for Asia Passport

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) cross-border flows report shows that Asia accounts for 66% of all funds flowing into Australia. FSC chief executive John Brogden said that the figures highlight the necessity to "create a regime that is familiar ...

Superannuation Research Cluster makes two appointments

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Doctors Sonja Kassenboehmer and Jun Feng have been appointed to the CSIRO-Monash University Superannuation Research Cluster as part of its $9 million research program. Kassenboehmer is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied ...

Industry and retail fund mergers on the cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
As the pressure on superannuation funds to merge increases, large industry funds may start looking to retail funds for merger opportunities, according to DST Global Solutions head of business development Rhys Octigan. Octigan said that technological ...

Planners lax on capital protected product advice: ASIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Many financial advisers have not made sufficient enquiries into their clients' financial circumstances when advising on capital protected products, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found. In Report 377, 'Review of advice ...

Financial execs have poor ethics, little regulatory knowledge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Most financial service executives admit that career progression is difficult without "flexible" ethical standards and only 12% are confident in their knowledge of the regulatory environment, a CFA Institute research found. The global study, entitled ...

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The low income superannuation contribution (LISC) looks set to be scrapped following the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's recommendation that the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) and Other Measures Bill 2013 be passed. In its report to the ...