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LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... face a number of risks if human rights issues are not addressed, including a volatile supply chain, legal issues over failing to meet minimum standards, and above all damage to reputation. "Nike is a great example of this," Hartnett said. Since the 1990s ...

Employed advisers could face $200k liability under FoFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... "If an employed adviser is not an AR, these fines won't apply to them." Violations of the Best Interests Duty include failing to act in the best interests of the client, giving advice that is not appropriate for the client and failing to warn the client ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... 5.9 per cent drop. LONDON - European stock markets took a modest slide following sharp losses suffered the previous day, failing to score gains despite positive data from Germany and the US. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares shed 0.63 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... bond futures prices strengthened after the disappointing figures. "Sentiment weakened with the run of US economic data failing to meet expectations," she said. "The signs that the US economy was losing some momentum with subdued inflation lessened the ...

First Super to take action over JPM governance concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... International and Orbis Global Equity Fund. "We think there is a very strong argument for splitting the roles of CEO and chairman, failing to do so constitutes a serious inadequacy in the banks governance, and the risks that poses for investors are gratuitous ...

ASIC warns planners, be careful who you hire

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... services licensees to be cautious when hiring new advisers. The warning follows a string of actions against licensees for failing to comply with their Australian financial services (AFS) licences. One result of this is that representatives implicated ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... Supreme Court is expected to rule in Nathan Tinkler matter. Tinkler's Mulsanne Resources has been taken to court after failing to pay for a $28.4 million stake in junior coal miner Blackwood Corporation. Houseware products marketer McPherson's has its ...

APRA warns licensees warning about 3 day rollovers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... Funds will also be required to log their performance against these new requirements and notify APRA if they breach them by failing to meet these standards although it's left to RSE licensees at this stage to determine what underperformance criteria qualifies ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... ways to look at it. The bearish way: Big Ben's QE3, Super Mario's OMT and action man Kuroda's bigger and wider APP are failing in their quest at reflation. This and, of course, the fall out of lower commodity prices on firms that sells commodities. The ...

ASIC charges former financial adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has charged a former financial adviser for failing to provide appropriate advice to clients. Kevin Maxwell George Whitting, of Rosebud, Victoria, provided inappropriate advice to five investors ...