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PIMCO lands OnePath advice mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... manager PIMCO said it wants to expand further into the Australian advice market and will manage OnePath's diversified fixed interest funds. PIMCO will offer ANZ-aligned advisers a range of domestic fixed income, global fixed income and high yield credit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... February in retail sales data that showed growth picking up to 1.1 per cent month-on-month. The Federal Reserve kept its low interest rate policy in place but acknowledged some improvement in the economy, further helping sentiment. A final surge came ...

ASIC tackles platform industry

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... relation to FOFA and platforms, ASIC said it would be considering how key issues such as the management of conflicts of interest would affect its final approach to platform guidance.

APRA calls for risk-consistent exec pay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Remuneration practices ill aligned to risk management objectives will be of primary interest to the regulator, as APRA implements its standards on executive remuneration. Remuneration policies that encouraged risky behaviour were identified as a practice ...

BetaShares launches High Interest cash ETF

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... range of cash exchange traded funds due on the Australian Securities Exchange in the coming weeks. The Australian High Interest Cash exchange traded fund (ETF) will hold Australian dollars in bank deposit accounts with at least one of the major banks ...

Disclosure requirements under industry scrutiny

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... rather they are paid by the parent company, who are also service providers to the super fund. We think this would be of interest to the members of retail super funds and it therefore should be disclosed". The AIST said it agreed that consideration needed ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... spin. Then again, it may still have to counteract the bad bacteria - the banks - that recently started a fad of setting interest rates independent of the central bank.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... would avoid a default. The Greek debt investors have agreed to exchange their bonds for those with a lower face value and interest rate, meaning they will incur heavy losses.

New St George and Westpac New Zealand CEOs appointed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Rob Chapman is stepping down as chief executive of the St George Banking Group to be replaced by Westpac New Zealand boss George Frazis, with senior Westpac executive Peter Clare taking over in New Zealand. Chapman has been at the helm of St George ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... bounced back above $US1.32 with dealers shrugging off decisions by central banks the ECB and Bank of England to keep interest rates steady as expected. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index jumped 1.18 per cent to 5,859.73 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 rallied ...