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IFM warns against foreign ownership of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... measures: a less stringent stress-testing regime; a government-backed liquidity scheme; premiums for members who agree not to switch funds; and incentives for members who do not switch funds. On this latter point it recommended, first, that "superannuation ...

Australian Money Market adds CBA to platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... client's name. AMM does not hold any monies on trust for clients. Once the initial account is setup, advisers are able to switch to a different institution upon maturity of a term deposit on behalf of their clients and funds are transferred automatic ...

Do not take adviser loyalty for granted: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... year. The Macquarie Wrap, the BT Wrap and the Asgard eWRAP seemed the most attractive options among advisers who wanted to switch. "Following FoFA, and perhaps as a consequence of the introduction of the best interest duty, they now have increasing freedom," ...

Licensee under ASIC scrutiny after employing AAA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
An Adelaide-based licensee has entered into an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after it employed a number of former representatives of AAA Intelligence limited. PGW Financial Services has ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... Drug maker AbbVie sealed a tax-cutting $US54 billion takeover deal with Dublin-based Shire Pharmaceuticals as it plans to switch its tax base to Britain to avoid higher US taxes. AbbVie rose 2.6 per cent. In local economic news on Monday, the Commonwealth ...

FEATURE: The metamorphosis of custody

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Spurred on by intense competition and increasingly exacting clients, custodians are transforming themselves into much more than just custodians. James Fernyhough takes a look at some of the new services they are offering. On the surface, custody looks ...

Telstra offers incentives to switch DB members to accumulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Telstra has asked for volunteers from its approximately 6,100 employees who are on defined benefit pensions to switch to Telstra Super's accumulation division. "Telstra Super is well positioned to provide the information, education and advice that is ...

CFMEU organiser posed as Cbus employee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... union "didn't care how much we paid, they were going to close us down anyway." O'Neill said his employees asked Lis-Con to switch to a new default super fund "after all the leaks" from Cbus.

CBA's Narev leaves key questions unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev's main message during yesterday's address to the media was that the bank has switched to "a spirit of openness," but he left a number of key questions unanswered. "Over the past few weeks perhaps the ...

CBA boss to be grilled on Senate report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) boss Ian Narev will front the media for the first time since a damning report called for a royal commission to investigate its financial advisers. Narev will face a media conference in Sydney at 1045 AEST on Thursday, a week ...