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Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... assets represent a valuable opportunity set for investors, particularly for retirees as they tend to be monopolistic in nature, enjoy regulatory protection, and future cash flows are generally adjusted in line with inflation to maintain the real value ...

Royal Commission sees increased ASIC, APRA funding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... asked about the manner in which ASIC determines breaches are worth investigating, and Macaulay said it had to do with the nature of the breach, how long ago it occurred (or whether it is still occurring) and balancing it against ASIC's current strategic ...

The tools to capture quality

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... fewer companies, which is a direct result of the high conviction philosophy at work. "The concentrated or high conviction nature of our philosophy means that out best idea will go into the portfolio. So rather than having a portfolio of 50 or 60 companies ...

Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... the conduct of the advice business in relation to fee for no service matters," AMP said. "The board were not aware of the nature and extent of the interaction during the preparation of the report." There is also no evidence that Clayton Utz made any ...

ASIC grilled over negotiating with banks

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... asked about the manner in which ASIC determines breaches are worth investigating, and Macaulay said it had to do with the nature of the breach, how long ago it occurred (or whether it is still occurring) and balancing it against ASIC's current strategic ...

Westpac obscured bad adviser reference check

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... disclose what the bank knew about Smith. Orr rebuffed this excuse, saying it was in poor effort Westpac did not disclose the nature of the issues and failed to protect Smith's new clients by not sharing it with another licensee.

Sales director moves from Legg Mason

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... the hire reflected the ability of its treasury services team to provide solutions to the increasing complexity and global nature of investment portfolios, recognising that these factors placed additional demands on institutional investors. IFM regional ...

Royal Commission must cast net wider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... director Troy Theobald says he is yet to be convinced that advice provided by industry funds, given its largely phone-based nature, meets the best interests duty. "For most people their super is their largest financial asset. Any advice that makes such ...

SG non-compliance declining: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... such as insurance only amounts paid by employers, it said. The ATO explained this could be due to the "more protracted nature" of transitioning to SuperStream as the smaller funds manage their way through the change. But based on relative size, the top ...

Blue Sky hits back at hedge fund, requests ASIC intervention

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... legal options. Kain continued: "Blue Sky is a fund manager with fiduciary obligations to its fund investors. Because of the nature of Blue Sky's investments, these fiduciary obligations extend to keeping confidential certain investment information, such ...