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AMP's Ipac unveils Next Generation Advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Ipac has started to implement Next Generation Advice, a program designed to improve communication with clients and to deliver consistency across the group's practices all over the country. The AMP-owned dealer group has appointed Matthew Fogarty as ...

Henderson global fund opens for business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Henderson Global Investors' launched its first Australian domiciled today following approval from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the UK-listed fund manager has confirmed. The Henderson Global Equity Fund will be managed ...

ISA and FSC clash over super in awards debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
The industry superannuation sector has spoken out against the government's plan to change the industrial awards system, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos yesterday. By opening up the process - and potentially ...

SSgA awarded VicSuper ESG mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
VicSuper has awarded State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) an active global equities environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) mandate worth $310 million. The mandate will invest in a portfolio of global equities that integrates ESG factors ...

ASIC concerned about PDS font size, consumer warnings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is concerned that some providers are adapting to the new shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) by reducing the font size and has solved the issue by establishing the minimum font size ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Investors should not interpret the performance differences between developed and emerging markets as a decoupling of the link between them, according to AllianceBernstein fund manager Morgan Harting. Emerging markets have performed poorly this year ...

Fund managers rethink distribution approach after FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
A growing number of fund managers are making changes in their distribution strategy and bringing their retail and institutional distribution teams closer together to reflect industry consolidation brought on by the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) ...

Accountants cautious to enter advice space

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
Accountants are entering the advice space in very limited numbers and almost six months after the accountant exemption ended, only 31 have applied for a limited Australian financial services licence (AFSL). "Accountants will not be rushing into limited ...

IOOF joins Calastone's automated network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
IOOF has joined Calastone's global funds transaction network, which allows the automation of fund transactions between different fund managers and distributors. Previously, platforms and funds were communicating exclusively by fax machine. Calastone ...

ASIC beefs up surveillance system

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
New upgrades to the Australian Securities and Exchange Commission's (ASIC) market surveillance system allowing the regulator to conduct multi-market supervision across futures and equities in real time are now operational. According to financial services ...