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Advisers to justify platform choice under best interest

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013

Financial planners will have to justify platform choice under the best interest duty provision within the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has raised the issue that platform operators ...

ETF market closes in on $9 billion milestone

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013

... as more Australians are using ETFs to access not only domestic financial markets, but global equity, commodity, fixed interest and currency markets to broaden their portfolios," Market Vectors managing director Arian Neiron said. "Inflows into global ...

Anne Street SMSF advice falls under ASIC radar

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013

... take into account clients' long-term retirement planning objectives. The group has not properly managed conflicts of interest where the advice provided to clients resulted in referrals to entities related to Anne Street. There has also been inadequate ...

Fund managers mislead researchers on reasons for staff turnover

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013

Senior management teams at some investment managers are deliberately misleading research houses about reasons for staff turnover in a bid to preserve their ratings, according to ProCapital managing director Dr Jerome Lander. The manager selection expert ...

Trust gives Perpetual a chance to match IOOF offer

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013

... Exchange (ASX). At the same time, the board is still open to hear an offer by Equity Trustees, which was the first to show interest for Trust at the beginning of the year. IOOF is offering 0.74 IOOF shares per Trust share or guaranteed minimum cash consideration ...

Bentham appoints Goldman Sachs client portfolio manager

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013

... return to normal monetary policy. "The challenge for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is to exit the historically low interest rate environment, maintain the increase in interest rates achieved in the June quarter and not disrupt the housing market ...

Cbus to divest tobacco holdings as stocks fall from highs

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013

Cbus Super will divest its holdings in tobacco companies in the interest of members and their long-term investment returns. The super fund has written to fund managers to instruct them to divest tobacco holdings immediately. Where Cbus invests through ...

Future Fund legally bound to protect docs in AustralianSuper feud

ALICE URIBE | WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013

... the confidential nature of the documents, however in a release last week it said it was pursuing the matter in the best interest of its two million members. "These documents are being sought so that we can determine whether to pursue a claim arising ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013

... been growing a bit below trend over the past year" and that "The easing in monetary policy since late 2011 has supported interest-sensitive spending and asset values..." and that "...recently there are signs of increased demand for finance by households." ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP | TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013

... a lead from US markets, due to the Labour Day public holiday. Mr Spooner said the Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly interest rate decision at 1430 AEST on Tuesday was unlikely to have much of an impact on the market, because the central bank is widely ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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