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ASIC stands up for adviser national exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... deficiencies. In a joint submission to the inquiry into adviser education they said that the examination would "shift the focus from ensuring a financial adviser has the requisite competence to adequately perform their duties and provide quality financial ...

APRA's IT infrastructure strains

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... transformation of its data collection, storage and dissemination tools over a period of years. The first stage in 2015 will focus on the necessary changes to APRA's data storage infrastructure. When this stage is completed, APRA expects to be in a position ...

Australia role made redundant in AMP leadership reshuffle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... will make way for a new global head of infrastructure equity role which the company said has been created to "sharpen" its focus on opportunities in the northern hemisphere following the launch of the global infrastructure platform while maintaining ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
The Australian government yesterday released its first Gender Equality Scorecard and while the results are discouraging, a separate international report released by Credit Suisse shows that investors make more money investing in women-lead enterprises. ...

Further raise pension age, says Future Leaders winner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
AMP Capital Portfolio Analyst Stephen Flegg has won the 2014 Future Leaders Award, run jointly by the Financial Services Council and Deloitte. This year, competitors were asked to prepare presentations on one of four hot topics: MySuper and competition ...

Hedge fund growth problem not helped by new products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Hedge fund managers pinning their hopes on new products to drive inflows and business growth are underestimating the costs involved as well as the effect on margins, a new report from EY has found. The global survey compared opinions from 100 hedge ...

HOSTPLUS named super fund of the year

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
HOSTPLUS has taken the top award at this year's Selecting Super Awards, being named Super Fund of the Year for 2014. HESTA was the other big winner at this morning's awards held in Melbourne, taking both the MySuper product of the year award and the ...

FPA Congress begins amid FoFA unrest

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress kicked off in Adelaide this morning, in the wake of the Senate's disallowance of the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. "Our professional body has ...

ASIC begins legal action against LM Investment Management

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has begun legal action against LM Investment Management (LMIM) founder Peter Charles Drake and its former directors. The regulator is seeking financial penalties and banning orders following ...

India mutual funds reach A$149bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... free trade agreement (FTA) with India that Prime Minister Tony Abbott proposes to conclude over the next 12 months will focus the attention of Australian money managers on India's AUD$149 billion mutual funds market. According to a report released earlier ...