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REI Super launches a new app

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... different platforms. "I am delighted to announce that the REI Super mobile app has gone live in both the Apple 'App Store' for IOS devices and 'Google Play' for Android devices," he said. "We believe this to be a market leading service for our members. ...

ASIC publishes Medcraft travel details

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Documents released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) show that chairman Greg Medcraft spent more than 80 days overseas on business trips last year. The documents reveal that the majority of these visits include meetings ...

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has released a YoutTube video defending ASIC's "good work" and criticising what he termed an attempt by the media to "smear our staff and culture." He said these media ...

International advice meeting to develop new strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The international Financial Planning Standard Board (FPSB) will look to develop new financial planning strategies during its meeting in Sydney later this month. The FPSB owns the international Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification program ...

ASIC finds hedge funds pose no systemic risk

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Australian hedge funds do not currently pose a systemic risk to the Australian financial system, a new ASIC report has found. The regulator also found that qualifying hedge funds in the survey also use low leverage and appear to have adequate liquidity ...

Global ETF regulation proposed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has issued a report outlining how it wants exchange traded investment vehicles regulated globally. The report was triggered by the rush of money that poured into ETFs and similar products ...

ASIC chair appointed to IOSCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
Greg Medcraft, the chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, was appointed chair of the global peak body that represents 32 securities regulatory authorities. Medcraft took over as chair of the International Organization of Securities ...

IOSCO recommends reforms to the $4.7tr MMF sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
An IOSCO review into the $4.7 trillion global money market fund sector has recommended further reforms to prevent a recurrence of the contagion crisis that fuelled the GFC in 2008. "Although money market funds (MMF) did not cause the crisis, their performance ...

Equity clearing and settlement discussion paper released

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced new consultations on the regulatory framework for competition in the clearing and settlement functions of the Australian equity market. The consultation announcement comes as a discussion paper on how regulators should ...

As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... this section of the market. The increasing rate of smartphone takeup reinforces forecasts that Android will overtake Apple's iOS as the leading smartphone platform by 2014 even if by only a small margin. The trend explains why telecommunications industry ...