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New Macquarie chair steps up

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Macquarie's new chair has succeeded Kevin McCann. Peter Warne, whose appointment was announced in September, was previously a non-executive director and also chair of Macquarie's Board Remuneration Committee, a position he will retain until May 7. He ...

La Trobe P2P option gets SQM rating

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Ratings organisation SQM Research has given La Trobe Financial's Peer-to-Peer (P2P) investment option with a superior 4 star rating. SQM Research head Louis Christopher said: "The fund has outperformed the peer group and SQM Research's comparative benchmark ...

BondAdviser launches new portfolio on HUB24

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
BondAdviser has launched a new fixed income managed portfolio on HUB24 and claims it is the first managed portfolio available to advisers to include Exchange Traded Bond units (XTBs) on an SMA platform. The BondAdviser Income Plus Portfolio is designed ...

Equip appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Equip has announced the appointment of three new board members after the industry superannuation fund recently held its member and employer director elections. Joining the Equip board are AGL manager group employee relations Michael Clinch, and Cleantech ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Australia private sector credit The A$ has weakened slightly after climbing to a nine-month high of US$0.7723 overnight. But at the latest exchange of US$0.7667, it remains 5.0% higher than its level at the start of 2016 and 11.7% up from this year's ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
US industry groups have hit back at a proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to try to limit investors' exposure to risk. In December Mary Jo White, the chair of the US corporate watchdog said a funds' use of certain instruments can ...

ASIC releases 2016 enforcement report

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
ASIC has released its latest enforcement report, highlighting key outcomes for the period 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2015, flagging integrity of financial market benchmarks and disclosure obligations and market abuse as key areas of focus for the future. ...

Financial services leading Australian M&A

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Law firm Pitcher Partners believes financial services and professional services will continue to lead mid-market merger and acquisition deals for the remainder of 2016. In the second issue of its Dealmakers report, Pitcher Partners said M&A deals in ...

Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Small cap shares have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 index for the first time in four years, according to Lonsec research. As Lonsec's Australian Equities Smaller Company Sector Review noted, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index returned 10.2% in 2015 ...

Advice firm made to take specialist SMSF training

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
ASIC has requested all advisers in an SMSF advice firm complete specialist training following an investigation. CMH Financial Group was found to have provided advice that, in the regulator's view, "did not demonstrate that the advice provider had acted ...