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Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... and tax increases amounting to $600 billion. However, with the Republicans in control of the House of Representatives, the task is likely to be met with political wrangling as happened with the debt ceiling debacle in 2011. Markets have fallen 2% following ...

BNP Paribas completes AMP/AXA funds transition

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... managing director of BNP Paribas Securities Services in Australia & New Zealand added the successful planning and execution of a task of this magnitude, demonstrates the in-depth experience and quality of our global and local resources, state of the ...

Fidelity launches Aust equity income fund in Japan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
While an Australian taskforce continues to talk-up the development of an Asia-wide funds passport, one of the country's fund managers is already exporting its expertise into the region. Fidelity Worldwide Investment's local business has developed a ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), AUSTRAC and the Australian Tax Office are working with the ACC as part of Task Force Galilee, which is "seeking to disrupt Serious and Organised Investment Fraud operations and the organised criminal ...

Advisers positive about fee for service

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... impact on their business. Viskovic added, however, that working out a fee structure for an advice business is not an easy task. "The main challenge advisers have when switching for a fee for a service is that they have difficulty finding the time, money ...

CFS upgrades its FirstWrap Platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
Colonial First State has made enhancements to its FirstWrap platform in response to adviser requests for improved technological efficiencies. FirstWrap is a leading online platform used by advisers who want access to wide ranging technologically oriented ...

ATO warns on structured products

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Tax Office has issued a warning on sophisticated structured financial products that claim to offer franking credits among tax benefits to investors. Michael D'Ascenzo, tax commissioner at the ATO has said the products involved claimed ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
The heads of four key European institutions are hammering out a 'masterplan' to lead the eurozone out of its crisis, according to recent reports. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy, EU Commission head ...

ASIC sets sights on dark pools

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is exploring a range of alternatives to encourage dark pool participants to first trade on the lit market, issuing draft rules in June to propose requirements for demonstrated price improvement in ...

Wilson HTM appoints new head of private wealth

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Wilson HTM Investment Group has appointed former JBWere managing director Brad Gale as new head of private wealth, tasked with growing the business division's reach. "Obviously Brad is a highly credentialed and experienced guy with a unique perspective ...