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Hedge fund allocators pick unstable funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... the vast majority of allocators are ignoring, according to FRM chief investment officer Keith Haydon. Addressing representatives of the Australian and global hedge fund industry at the recent Alternative Investment Management Association's annual Hedge ...

Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... that "ASIC has placed the onus on the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensee to determine what training its representatives will need to complete to meet the training requirements." CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants ANZ recommended a new ...

Ai Group defends super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Financial System Inquiry (FSI) the employer group, which represents more than 6000 businesses and appoints employer representatives to the board of AustralianSuper, said most businesses support the status quo. "A large proportion of employers and employees ...

Kinetic Super launches intra-fund advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... service will be provided and licenced under the AFSL of Industry Fund Services (IFS) and delivered by IFS Authorised Representatives "operating within Kinetic Super's Member Experience Team either over the phone or face-to-face." Kinetic Super chief ...

Body needed to monitor adviser competency: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... of advisers, the FSC proposed in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The board should include representatives from industry participants such as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Tax Practitioners Board ...

FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... issues affecting the industry. It recommended the new agency should be partly government funded but have advisory representatives from industry. It could also be funded by an industry levy or from ASIC's budget if the regulator's mandate was widened ...

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The House of Representatives has voted in favour of the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The members of Parliament voted following a long debate where the Coalition outlined its position in favour of the ...

Government tables FoFA bill in House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... The Coalition has reintroduced the amendments of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) bill into the House of Representatives, reigniting the political debate around financial planning legislation. The government's move follows the opposition's failed ...

Netwealth overhauls adviser technology

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... team," Micallef said. At the same time the group has also established two Adviser technology committees, with representatives formed from the IFA market and netwealth dealer owned Financial Planning Services Australia. "The establishment of the Adviser ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... "medically-learned one" came to mind as I was reading RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' "Opening Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics" in Brisbane yesterday (and the Q&A transcripts) and contrasted this with the "As jobless ...