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ASIC ramps up surveillance and remediation after adviser conflict report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... and remediation processes to help curb further adviser conflicts of interest within vertically integrated institutions. In light of the Report 562 findings, which examined adviser conflicts of interest across bank-owned licensees, ASIC said it will work ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Down, down, the US dollar is down (again). Bloomberg's USD index shows that the US dollar dropped 1.0% overnight - taking its 2018-to-date decline to minus 3.2% -- on the back of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments At the World Economic ...

EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... across different countries is conducive to illegal activity, where perpetrators target jurisdictions regulators take a "light touch approach toward ICOs," the report said. EY also found there were no real market fundamentals behind ICOs and were driven ...

Last chance to win a Google Home

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
There is only hours left to participate in the Financial Standard Readership Survey and be in the running to win one of 10 Google Home smart speakers. More than 300 Financial Standard readers have responded to the survey, telling us how we can improve ...

High valuations drive insto investors to alternatives: BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
2018 will see global institutional investors significantly ramping up allocations to alternatives and real assets in light of continuing low interest rates and high valuations for risk assets, according to BlackRock research. BlackRock's 2018 Global ...

Aurora appoints new CFO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... (RAML), currently acting as responsible entity for the RNY Property Trust (RNY), announced it would seek to wind up RNY in light of ASIC not granting Aurora a variation on its licence to allow it to replace RAML as RE. RNY said Aurora has also thus far ...

RNY wind-up sought as ASIC blocks Aurora move

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... Management (RAML), currently acting as responsible entity for the RNY Property Trust (RNY), will seek to wind up RNY in light of a decision against prospective RE Aurora Funds Management. ASIC did not grant a variation to Aurora's licence to allow it ...

J.P. Morgan winds up global equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... Michael Schoenhaut, Talib Sheikh and Eric Bernbaum. J.P. Morgan said it contacted the fund's RE, Perpetual Trust Services, in light of the former regularly reviewing its products "to ensure they are meeting the demands of the marketplace and have the ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
More than 240 Financial Standard readers have responded to our annual readership survey. This is your chance to have a say. We're aiming to improve our content and how we deliver industry news based on your valued insights. The survey is open until ...

Fee-for-service faces ultimate risk test

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
Rollout of the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) on 1 January 2018 will be the strongest test of fee-for-service risk advice, a model seen as imperative to the financial advice industry's future. Industry experts say the critical component to make fee-for-service ...