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Accountants to deliver advice under new regime

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Approximately 75% of accountants who took part in an MLC survey plans to deliver advice to their clients under the new proposed licensing regime. Out of the 200 accountants MLC surveyed at its Accountant Seminar Series last week, 67% would like to deliver ...

ASIC champion hybrid name change

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission is pushing for the industry to use the label 'capital note' instead of 'hybrid securities', as part of its ongoing focus on misleading and deceptive advertising. Hybrids are not easy to define, but put ...

$1bn unpaid contributions returned

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Industry Funds Credit Control, the fund that collects bad superannuation debts from companies, has just passed the $1 billion threshold for how much unpaid super it has passed back to industry fund members. Unpaid superannuation contributions total ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
Despite concerns over China's slowdown, urbanisation both there and around the world will continue to fuel demand for Australian commodities, said one of Asia's largest asset managers. Recent research suggests that that another 3 billion people will ...

AFA conference boasts biggest turnout in 20 years

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
At this year's Association of Financial Adviser's (AFA) National Conference, due to kick off in three weeks, delegates can expect to hear from high caliber speakers who will be tackling the sector's challenges and opportunities in the face of regulatory ...

Chris Ryan Joins MSCI

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that Chris Ryan has joined the firm as Head of Asia Pacific. In this newly created role, Ryan will work closely with all of MSCI's business units, functional ...

NSW and CFS partner in first gov retail annuity bond

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Colonial First State (CFS) and the NSW Government have announced a new arrangement that will see the NSW Waratah Annuity Bond offered on the CFS FirstWrap, one of the fastest growing platforms in the industry. The NSW Waratah Annuity Bond, developed ...

Volatility breeds opportunism: Report

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Conventional investment wisdom has been sidelined by continued market volatility, said a study commissioned by Principal Global Investors. As a result, the report, undertaken by CREATE-Research, said new ways of investing and managing assets through ...

TAL Direct appoints marketing head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
TAL Direct, a division of life insurance company TAL (formerly known as TOWER Australia), has appointed Dave Hunt as chief marketing officer. Hunt brings over a decade's experience at the executive level and led significant brand turnarounds such as ...

Liquidity comes at a price: Certitude

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
The net effect of manufacturing liquidity to meet investors' desire for access to their funds at short notice is insufficient diversification and reduced investment performance, says Craig Mowll, CEO of Certitude Global Investments. Mowll claims that ...