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Sydney licensee caught out on conflicts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... undertaking from a Sydney investment banking, stockbroking and research firm following an investigation into conflicts of interest. In July 2015 Foster Stockbroking was the sole lead manager for the initial public offering of small cap technology company ...

Financial Synergy founder launches new firm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... "addressing the need for a broader retirement income solution for individuals within its policy framework. It is in Australia's interest to ensure our world class superannuation savings system becomes a world-class retirement system. Lifetime income ...

Lapse rates review anxiety unfounded: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... understands the reason policies will lapse is quite complicated and in many cases, it actually occurs in the clients' best interest. "We understand that just because a policy is lapsed doesn't mean that the original advice to provide the policy is bad ...

New investment consultant for $2bn industry fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
An industry super fund with $2 billion under management has ended its nine-year relationship with JANA, seeing in the New Year with a new primary investment consultant. AvSuper, winner of this years' SelectingSuper Consumer Choice award, appointed Frontier ...

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Aurora Funds Management has terminated the employment of its chief financial officer after $1 million was withdrawn from the bank account of a listed Aurora vehicle over the weekend. Terminated chief financial officer Betty Poon's involvement in the ...

Superannuation savings reach $2.5 trillion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... said. "Recently we have seen a number of profit-to-member funds and the collectively- owned IFM Investors take a greater interest in debt capital and there is the potential for more funds to explore a collective approach to this asset class. " Australia's ...

SelfWealth lists on ASX

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... trade under the ticker code SWF. SelfWealth founder and managing director Andrew Ward said the company is excited by the interest and support shown from investors and is delighted to have officially listed. About 37.5 million shares were offered for ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... strong economic growth to nudge prices higher - demand-pull inflation - the Fed must thread carefull in calibratinyg interest rates particularly, with its favoured measure of inflation still below its 2% target. The PCE price index was at 1.6% in the ...

HSBC cops historic fine for Lehman-linked failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... breaches of these standards occur, the SFC will take action to enforce them and strive to achieve outcomes that are in the interest of the investing public," Alder said.

Former J.P. Morgan chief joins Future Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... supported by improving economic conditions. Around the world there is still a degree of uncertainty over the timing of interest rate rises, although such are looking increasingly likely," Costello said in a portfolio update. "In this environment, the ...