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FSS responds to Privacy Commissioner's Report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... disclosure of customer information by First State Super, the report found that FSS had breached a national privacy principle by failing to protect members' personal information from unauthorised access. "We acknowledge the Commissioner's finding that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... respond "speedily" to Europe's debt crisis; and on Wednesday the European Commission will unveil new plans for winding up failing banks. "A lot of hesitancy (in the markets) now is being compounded by the fact that a lot can be said but the need is for ...

Shareholder backlash hits Macquarie MGU

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund, has publicly criticised the fund's board of directors, claiming they are failing to act in shareholders' best interests. Western Investment (Western) is the largest shareholder in the Macquarie Global ...

Advice frameworks need an overhaul

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
Traditional risk profiling is failing to meet client needs, according to actuarial and consulting firm Milliman Australia, which has found advice and product development should instead be driven by individual investor objectives. "We found that as structural ...

PJC blasts Trio follow-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... highlighted the failure of key checks in the regulatory system. The inquiry found regulators missed some key signals, failing to identify the fraud or act rapidly enough to shut it down and protect investors. Commenting on the findings, opposition senator ...

Calls for super industry to up focus on beta

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... do we give enough thought to that and enough information to people to allow them to make that judgment? "I'd say we're failing on that within our industry at the moment." International speaker at the AIST Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, John ...

Gold Coast adviser faces criminal charges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... basis and making false and misleading statements. Ian John Weaver appeared in court this week charged with 12 counts of failing to have a reasonable basis for advice he gave, and seven counts of making a false or misleading statement. The DPP alleged ...

Forum: Women Driving Change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... organised by Sequential Project Services. Figures show women are well represented in ASX 200 companies, but are still failing to move up on par with male counterparts, with less than 5% of women represented at the highest level. While the discussion ...

FOFA 'unclear' on legal position of advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... clients who failed to return paperwork. The concern that advisers may be liable if clients suffer a disadvantage after failing to return opt-in paperwork within the allotted time surfaced in evidence from both the Association of Financial Advisers and ...

PJC hears FOFA lost in translation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... letter regarding rights issues or insurance, assuming their adviser was still looking after things after accidentally failing to return opt-in paperwork.