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ASIC asks for public adviser register to track "bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has asked for a public register of financial advisers detailing licensee records so the regulator and investors can easily identify "bad apples." In a submission to the Senate inquiry about ...

LGS appoints former CFS GAM exec to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed former CFS Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) regional managing director Joanna Davison as a board director. LGS said that Davison, who is currently acting chief executive of Fund Executives Association Ltd ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
In scenes reminiscent of Australia's looming political debate to wind back the adviser best interest duty, the Republican-dominated Congress in the US has voted for a bill that allows advisers to act without putting their clients' best interests first. ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... the incoming data and the outlook. Our purchases are tied to what happens in the economy. We have no deterministic or fixed plan."...financial markets saw it under the prism of what now turned out to be Jon's joke. He was at it again yesterday, relaying ...

ASIC submits broad performance review to Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has provided the Senate inquiry on the regulator's performance with an extensive document that broadly reviews its work. This is the third and largest ASIC submission to the Senate inquiry. ...

University academics to access advice research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
University academics will be able to access financial planning research grants up to $5,000 under an agreement between the Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA). The first round of the grants will be ...

Court dismisses case against Trio director after APRA EU

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Federal Court has ordered legal proceedings against former trio director David Millhouse to be dismissed after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) accepted a voluntary enforceable undertaking from him. The regulator has banned ...

Record dry powder levels in unlisted infra funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... investors expect to commit more capital to the asset class in the next 12 months compared to the last 12 months; a further 27% plan to commit the same amount of capital. Preqin said new smaller players entering the infrastructure fund market have resulted ...

Acquisition boosts BTIM profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013

Law firm questions CBA compensation for Nguyen victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has questioned Commonwealth Bank's compensation to clients affected by inappropriate advice within the bank's financial planning unit given by adviser Don Nguyen. In a submission to the Senate inquiry on the performance of ...