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Sydney licensee caught out on conflicts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Sydney investment banking, stockbroking and research firm following an investigation into conflicts of interest. In July 2015 Foster Stockbroking was the sole lead manager for the initial public offering ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... enhancing product transparency and clarity must be done together with the aforementioned financial education and awareness-raising techniques," it said. Commenting on the findings, Zurich Australia chief executive Tim Bailey said: "Inadequate and/or ...

FICAP announces new charity partner

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... sponsors to see the positive impact that FICAP's investment in our charities is having. Every dollar we bring in helps in raising a brighter future for Aussie kids," McLaren said. The FICAP Committee also announced Thursday, 22 March as the much anticipated ...

Penalty issued for ASX rules breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... July 2015 Bell Potter, acting on its own behalf, placed bids on shares in DirectMoney, the $11 million public capital raising for which Bell Potter had served as lead manager and underwriter. By doing so, Bell Potter intended to - and did - support the ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... increase more or less just matches the inflation rate. Fair enough, but it also underscores the fact that employers are only raising employees' pay more or less the maximum allowed in the wage indexation clauses in many employment contracts. As I ranted ...

Morrison backs customer-owned banking reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... consequence of Australia adopting Basel 3 in 2013 was that customer-owned banks were prevented by the Corporations Act from raising equity through capital instruments without demutualising. "Unlike the publicly listed banks, mutual banks have not been ...

For Stanford Brown, life begins at 30

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... from traditional advice businesses. Last month Stanford Brown marked its 30 years in the business with a charity ball, raising more than $130,000 for the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) along the way. During the group's acknowledgment speech ...

AXA IM appoints APAC lead for real assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... all of AXA IM - Real Assets' operations in Asia Pacific including overseeing investment, asset management and capital raising activities from its offices in its newly-relocated Asian hub Japan and in South Korea and Australia. The promotion also now ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... inflation to move higher next year and to reach 2% by 2019." Yet, the CME FedWatch Tool showed the probability of the Fed raising interest rates this coming December slipping to 81.7% from 82.7% before the CPI report's release and 87.8% a week prior. ...

Super funds partner to tackle the coal problem

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... of no more than 2A,C. On top of this, multiple coal-fired generators have closed in Australia over the past 10 years, raising concerns about diminishing investment returns in the sector. The report analyses this issue from multiple lenses, including ...