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SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
A proposal in the US by the Securities Exchange Commission, to effectively regulate money market mutual funds as if they were banks, has triggered a storm of outrage with claims it could destroy sections of the investment industry. The proposals to ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... instruments (ETI), and exchange-traded vehicles (ETV). The paper, issued by the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), focuses on the quality of regulation and industry practices, investor protection ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Uh-oh, we're in trouble now - really big trouble -- or so they say. No use pretending not to know what I'm talking about, it's splattered all over the weekend news. S&P has dropped one A from the USA's AAA. I must admit, I too didn't know what to think ...

Intl wealth mgmt sector rallies

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Wealth management firms worldwide are beginning to rally around those affected by the crisis in Japan. In Australia, the Commonwealth Bank is currently a collection point for Red Cross' donation appeal for Japan and Pacific Disaster appeal while AMP ...

FuturePlus targets super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... costs by 25 per cent and implementing more appropriate systems to ensure FuturePlus is a fully focussed commercial organization. "While this is an Eligible Rollover Fund (ERF), it will demonstrate that FuturePlus can transition members and display the ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... control with, Dante De Gori, the associations' general manager of policy and government relations, hinting that the organization was resigned to defeat on the issue. "The FPA has publicly stated its opposition to opt in, but if it is indeed to be implemented... ...

FIRSTUNITY sets up Brisbane shop

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
Boutique financial advisory firm FIRSTUNITY Wealth Management has opened a Brisbane office with four financial advisers. Mario Andrado, Terry Blaser, David Lane and John Whelan were appointed executive directors of the firm's Brisbane office. "The opening ...

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
Sometime ago, I quoted Camp Quality's - an Australian children's family cancer charity organization - TV ad, 'Don't underestimate the power of optimism'. Wall Street lived this statement overnight with both the S&P 500 and the Dow rising by more than ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Whew! Finally a bit of good news. Or rather investors chose to see the good rather than the bad. US equities closed last night's trading up more than 1 per cent, reversing early losses brought on by reports that initial jobless benefit claims jumped ...

All together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... its first general assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. Wikipedia described the League of Nations as 'an international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920. At its greatest extent from 28 September 1934 to the 23 February ...