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ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Adopting the industry funding model for ASIC will result in a much more efficient and less politically-motivated regulator, according to former assistant director of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas. ...

Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
In light of news about a potential Royal Commission, former assistant director of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas has said Australia's financial system could benefit from "substantial reassessment." ...

Statewide Super and Financial Synergy announce new partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Superannuation administrator and software provider Financial Synergy has created a new managed services division, signing industry fund Statewide Super as its first client. The new division allows Financial Synergy to launch its software-as-a-service ...

Deloitte Digital appoints Asia-Pacific commerce director

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Deloitte Australia has appointed John Preston as its director of commerce for it digital division in an effort to boost its e-commerce capabilities. Preston joins Deloitte from DigitasLBI where he was commerce technology group director for Asia Pacific. ...

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
The Actuaries Institute has called for the Federal Government to go further than defining superannuation and complementary objectives for the Age Pension and the mandatory superannuation guarantee. Releasing its submission Treasury on super's objective ...

Blue Sky funds Australian wine venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Blue Sky Venture Capital has financed the first capital raise for wine website Vinomofo, committing $25 million to support overseas growth for the Australian business. The capital raise coincides with Vinomofo launching its business lite model to six ...

Kim Morison joins Blue Sky Alternative Investments board

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has appointed Kim Morison to the organisation's board. Morrison joined the company in 2010 and is the managing director of Blue Sky's Real Assets business with responsibilities across the company's assets portfolios ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
US industry groups have hit back at a proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to try to limit investors' exposure to risk. In December Mary Jo White, the chair of the US corporate watchdog said a funds' use of certain instruments can ...

ANZ Wealth alternatives head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
The head of alternative investments at ANZ Wealth will leave the company tomorrow. Simon Ford has managed ANZ Wealth's real estate, hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, credit, commodities and insurance investments for six years, having joined ...

Joyce Phillips leaves in ANZ restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
ANZ has announced it is simplifying its wealth management business, with group executive wealth, marketing and innovation Joyce Phillips departing in the process. The group's full year 2015 results showed the Global Wealth division contributed 8% to ...