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FPA calls on ASIC for clearer advice definitions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... Shadow shopping study of financial advice, The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) measured the quality of retirement advice provided and people's experience of obtaining financial advice. Report 279 Shadow shopping report of financial ...

Dark pools shine as ASX trade size falls

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... there." As more brokers provide internal dark pools however, Chatfield said an area of focus for users should be the quality of liquidity within the pools. "Investment managers are increasingly questioning, if I'm in pool X or dealing with a broker's ...

J.P. Morgan wins four super fund mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... were expected to impact on the OTC derivatives market. "We are seeing these investors place greater emphasis on the quality of the collateral as well as the need to diligently and constantly value and administer the collateral involved in a transaction," ...

Flaws in advice system revealed by ASIC report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... the Parliamentary Joint Committee. Report 279 Shadow shopping study of financial advice ( REP 279 ) investigated the quality of retirement advice provided and people's experience of obtaining financial advice. The report found that 39% of advice examples ...

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... [Australia] are completely hitched to that wagon that is China," said Habel. "Look at what you are being paid compared to the quality of debt you are holding," said Habel. "In Asia we almost exclusively invest in senior, investment-grade debt," said ...

ASFA, FSC applaud passing of SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... ASFA. "An increase in the SG will take the pressure off the Age Pension and assist more working Australians to a better quality of life in retirement." ASFA pointed to research from Allen Consulting Group, which it commissioned, that claimed the rise ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... issued by the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), focuses on the quality of regulation and industry practices, investor protection, sound functioning of markets and financial stability. While ETPs ...

APRA calls for risk-consistent exec pay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... sustainability?" "Is too much emphasis being placed on revenue growth today and insufficient regard being paid to the quality of assets being brought onto the firm's balance sheets?" were the rhetorical questions posed by Lewis. The regulator's requirements ...

Franklin Templeton plans retail growth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... Australia also has a very strong growth profile. "In terms of the size of the industry, increasing super contributions, the quality of advice- we think of all those things point to an ever growing and successful industry," he explains. McKay said Franklin ...

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... over the next two years. For post-implementation, the committee recommended Treasury work with ASIC to monitor the quality of advice on the sale of risk insurance inside and outside superannuation and any market distortions that may occur. The report ...