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BNP Paribas granted on-shore renminbi licence

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The asset management arm of BNP Paribas has been granted a RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) license by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The license will enable BNP Paribas Investment Partners to provide its clients ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The share market is lower as the big four banks and resources companies suffer significant falls. Shares were being weighed down by lower commodity prices, ongoing concerns about conflict in Iraq and Syria, and talk the US Federal Reserve will lift ...

Tight regulation getting in the way of digital advice: Minter Ellison

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Advisers are being prevented from using sophisticated online tools to provide tailored information to their clients due to tight regulation, and instead can only use simple tools, Minter Ellison said. "While [the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Large financial institutions considered "too big to fail" are likely to be required to have additional protections in case they fail, Treasurer Joe Hockey said at the G20 meeting of Finance ministers in Cairns this weekend. Hockey said that the Financial ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Some of the world's largest institutional investors have told governments they are ready to play their part in the transition to a low carbon economy, but they need governments to help them. A group of 348 institutional investors worth more than US$24 ...

Billionaires: How typical are you?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
The typical billionaire has a net worth of US$3.1 billion and is 63 years old, according to a new global wealth survey by Wealth-X and UBS. In the Pacific region including Australia, 34 billionaires control a total of US$97 billion between them. However ...

Guardian and Asteron help launch pro bono adviser service

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Guardian Advice and Asteron Life have joined together with a network of financial advisers to launch Claims Aid, a service to provide pro-bono claims assistance on life and disability policies. Peter Kaleta, a principal adviser at Life Shield and founder ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Australian share market is lower as investors offload mining and bank stocks. The market began Thursday morning higher only to drop due to ongoing concerns about China's economy and the falling Australian dollar, CMC Markets chief market analyst ...

360 Capital hires BDM from Zurich

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
Listed real estate fund manager 360 Capital Group has appointed a new head of business development. With over 18 years of industry experience, Matt Aspinall was most recently part of business development and research with Zurich and previously at Blackrock ...

SMSF borrowers should be forced to seek advice: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees who want to enter into a limited recourse borrowing arrangement should be forced to seek financial advice, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) ...