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FSC Industry Excellence Award winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014

AMP launches fund for 'clever Australians'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... before like setting an obscure world record. We'd like to give a helping hand to go out and fulfil that dream," Quinn said. Grant sizes will vary from $10,000 up to $100,000 and will be awarded by an expert judging panel from a range of fields including ...

Senate inquiry reccommends Royal Commission into CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The Senate Economics Committee has recommended that the government establish an independent inquiry in the form of a judicial inquiry or a Royal Commission to examine the cases of adviser misconduct within the Commonwealth Bank financial planning businesses. ...

Morningstar re-jigs Australasian team

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... chairing the ratings commission. Both Whitelaw and Murphy will report to the director of manager research, Asia-Pacific Grant Kennaway. Whitelaw has worked in the Australasian manager research team for the past four years. Before joining the Australasian ...

ASIC bans former PIS and AMP advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... credit representative of AMP Financial Planning. In a separate case, ASIC has also permanently banned former PIS adviser Grant Patrick Thompson. Thompson was banned after ASIC determined it had "reason to believe that he is not of good fame and not of ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

$US5b irregularities at China fund, banks

AFP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
Irregularities amounting to more than $US5 billion ($A5.41 billion) have been found at China's sovereign wealth fund and two large state-owned banks, according to the state auditor, offering a glimpse into the opaque management of government-controlled ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... compared to 8.9% from International equities (hedged) and 9.1% from domestic equities. Principal Australia chief executive Grant Forster said that emerging markets investment has made sense over the last 10 years and global trends suggest it will also ...

Federal Court finds S&P guilty in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
A landmark ruling by the Federal Court against ratings agency Standard & Poor's, ABN AMRO and Local Government Financial Services (LGFS) could have implications across the world. The Federal Court ruled in favour of 12 NSW local councils who lost millions ...

ASIC asks FSI for more flexible toolkit

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to grant it a more flexible regulatory toolkit and increase its scope to address market problems. Giving a speech at the Corporate Governance ...