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Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... appropriately based on sound evidence-based research." The submission says that comparisons of the Australian system with international counterparts must recognise the impact of local policy settings such as compulsion, preservation, portability and ...

FSC Conference: Experts forecast FSI outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... by Franklin Templeton managing director Maria Wilton and the chief executive for the government funded Centre for International Finance and Regulation, Prof David Gallagher. In "Reading the tea leaves" in the FSI's recently published interim report ...

La Trobe registers for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... La Trobe's Asian expansion plans. In 2008, the fund manager opened its first office in Shanghai with a dedicated international team who speak fluent Mandarin and Cantonese. "Asian investors are an important part of the strategic future of the La Trobe ...

IOSCO recommends improved disclosure for direct products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
The growth of directly distributed financial products has pushed a Joint Forum of the International Organisation of Securities Organisations (IOSCO) to call for improved global regulation and disclosure standards for products sold this way. In Australia ...

Wealth management sector key to Australian growth: Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... next 20 years, according to new research from professional services firm Deloitte. Along with gas, agribusiness, international education and tourism, Deloitte said the wealth management sector is projected to be a 'super-enabler' helping to add an extra ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... mainland China and Hong Kong. The plan is designed to make Hong Kong the most attractive and obvious place from where international fund managers can try to sell investments to hundreds of millions of Chinese savers. "In the short-term it won't kill ...

Regulation blamed for perceived fall in advisers' ability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013

China primed for encouraging rebound: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... US fiscal cliff and a potential deterioration of the European economy are likely to trigger a chain reaction in international financial markets and global economic growth," says Hongbin. "However, should this happen, we believe China has sufficient policy ...

More SMSF trustees go it alone

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... short-term buy/sell decisions," Bowerman said. The Investment Trends report came as University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) released its latest Financial Advice Satisfaction Index with Lifeplan Funds Management, delivering ...

Treasury Group adds director

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... services businesses, with a focus on education and funds management. She brings vast knowledge of the Australian and international investment markets and we are delighted to have her on board," said Donnelly. Donnelly was formerly managing director of ...