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Aussie bitcoin platform launches in UAE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Australian company igot has launched a bitcoin exchange online platform in the United Arab Emirates. The company claimed the new platform will allow ex-pats living in the UAE but sending money out of the country to save up to 7 or 8% in international ...

Partners Group fund added to major platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Global private equity investment manager Partners Group has had its Partners Group Global Value Fund accepted onto the BT SuperWrap and Macquarie Wrap platforms. Partners Group Global Value Fund provides investors with exposure to a mature private equity ...

FIIG to manage $50m bond issue for 360 Capital

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
360 Capital Group is the latest company to bring a corporate bond offering to the market with the help of FIIG Securities. The property investment and funds management group is looking to raise $50 million through a senior unsecured note offering though ...

Questions raised about independence of van Eyk board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
One of van Eyk's major shareholders has expressed concern about the make-up of the under-fire research and asset consulting company's board. Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI), which owns a 36% stake in van Eyk, remains concerned that there are currently ...

Advisers boost practice profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Financial advisers' effort to improve business efficiency in the context of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) has paid off, as new research shows that practice profitability has gone up in the last year. Financial planners are serving more clients ...

SEC bestow first whistleblowers awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
While Australian financial regulators wrestle with how to treat whistleblowers, in the US regulators actually have a formal executive office dedicated to supporting them and even bestow awards on whistleblowers. The US Securities Exchange Commission ...

"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
...and a but, but here, and a but, but there, everywhere a but, but. Looks like I'm not the only one who likes my buts around here. There were 'buts' a-plenty after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released this "lucky country's' economic scorecard ...

Advertising won't grow membership, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Spending big on advertising may build brand awareness, but it has no effect on membership growth, according to research by CoreData. In a comprehensive study of how consumers view super funds, CoreData found that focusing on fees and services is a surer ...

Govt seeks discretion to freeze super guarantee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The Treasurer may soon have discretionary power to further delay the rise of the superannuation guarantee to 12%, following the passage of legislation in the lower house yesterday. The legislation was part of a large suite of amendments labelled the ...

GSA an affordable alternative to DLAs: APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
Group self-annuitisation (GSA) may provide a more affordable alternative to deferred lifetime annuities (DLA) when it comes to dealing with longevity risk, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). In its second submission ...