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Vanguard to publish portfolio holdings

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... holdings, said Vanguard. "It is something that is regarded as best practice in other major investment markets, where regulations dictate it," Bowerman. "We have always advocated broad diversification both across and within asset classes and believe this ...

AMP Capital chases Asian growth

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... was on the cards. AMP Capital has had a number of discussions about how to best implement retail offerings if the regulations change, which Dunne said would be dependant on final legislation and market cycles. AMP Capital - which recently shifted its ...

Investment banking scale down: Barclays

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... British bank Barclays may scale down its investment banking arm, after new chief executive Antony Jenkins said new regulations would "make some activities in investment banking difficult to make an adequate return on." He said profits would be hit by ...

Loss "disappointing": Austock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... reported a full year after tax loss of $16 million, blaming one-off costs from the sale of its securities business and regulations which tied up capital. Austock lost $10.7 million through its securities business, which it sold to Intersuisse Holdings ...

Reg compliance with archaic technology unlikely: Bravura

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... inflexibility of service providers' technology infrastructure will make the challenge of complying with new financial services regulations potentially 'insurmountable', a software administrator has warned. Bravura's APAC managing director Roland Slee ...

ASIC issues crowd funding guidance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... funding for investment purposes to identify any arrangements, or aspects of those arrangements that may fall under its regulations. "Depending on the particular crowd funding arrangement, ASIC's view is that some types of crowd funding could involve ...

No roadblocks to success: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... Superannuation, came out swinging yesterday, accusing the Federal government of implementing "chaotic and unpredictable" regulations. Cormann swore a "blood oath to be back" and said his government would implement several of the key aspects of the Cooper ...

Model FATCA intergov agreement imminent

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... super system, it has failed to qualify for exemptions within the draft Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regulations released earlier this year, creating local concerns about the burden of reporting on members and the potential requirement to ...

Family office tech suitability highlighted

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... management investment schemes - making them subject to the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and its associate regulations. "This means that the financial products issued under this Act will be subject to fundamentally the same standard of ...

AIST appoints executive manager of education

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... professional educational pathways. "As our industry faces the challenges of implementing a range of new reforms and regulations, it's vital that our member funds have access to a high quality offering of education that is both accessible and relevant ...