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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
Following the 178 recommendations of the Productivity Commission Taskforce on how the government might reduce bureaucratic problems associated with the administration of the GST and FBT, Treasurer Costello has announced that 158 of the recommendations ...

Financial services exports trailing economy

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Security Kevin Rudd has unveiled a plan to promote Australia as an Asia hub and boost financial services exports, saying we are missing a potential growth opportunity. Speaking to the Investment ...

Legacy product solution on its way

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
The issue of product rationalization is "firmly on the government's radar" and a policy will be finalized before the end of the year, according to a Treasury delegate, who addressed attendees at the IFSA annual conference last Friday. Manager for the ...

ASIC issues disclosure guidelines for super trustees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a new policy detailing guidelines for superannuation trustees regarding the delivery of product disclosure information about investment strategies to members. Policy Statement 184 ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
Emerging market fund flows are at a virtual stasis after recent volatility and a large scale capital exodus in June, according to the latest figures released by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR). Emerging market fund flows were virtually stagnant ...

Tasplan reappoint Mercer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
Mercer investment consulting has been reappointed by Tasmanian based industry fund, Tasplan, as their asset consultants following a six month tender process. At a time when an increasing number of the larger superannuation funds are hiring in-house ...

Asgard makes shares easy through E*Trade

Asgard Wealth Solutions has chosen online broker E*TRADE Australia to power the platform's shares transaction and settlement services. The announcement came only weeks after the group signed technology services provider Praemium to provide their shares ...

AMP caught on conflicts

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has been pulled up by the regulator for giving 300 clients unnecessary or inadequate super switching advice and having inadequate conflicts of interest procedures in place. Only months after the regulator's shadow shopping ...

QIC hands global mandate to Altrinsic

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
QIC has awarded a $60 million global equity mandate to Altrinsic Global Advisers. The mandate to manage $60 million for the QIC International Equity Fund completes a recent QIC review of managers for the International Equity Fund, instigated with the ...

Compliance alone doesn't make the grade

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
Competent is a long way from professional, professional is not something that should be prescribed by the regulators and, as an industry, we've had our focus all wrong, according to Financial Services Educators Agency Australia (FSEAA) general manager ...