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Advice riskiest ASIC sector

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft said that in his own view, the regulator still regards financial advice "as the riskiest sector" ASIC regulates. Medcraft appeared this morning at a public hearing of ...

Matrix to focus on attracting aligned advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... opportunities now that didn't exist five years ago, and this will probably influence our thinking on what we'll do next," Matrix chairman Pieter Franzen told Financial Standard. "There are advice firms living under large institutional companies controlled ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... power was disrupted and... Janet's testimony to the Senate Banking Committee was postponed. Deym, I won't get to hear Chairman Yellen repeat her reiteration of Fed policy. While rationally rationale, there remains a nagging question at the back of my ...

Altair launches two funds for retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... also want something suitable for smaller clients. We believe these two funds will help fill that gap," Altair executive chairman Philip Parker said. Altair has undergone a transformation of its business since late 2012, having expanded its team of investment ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... creation and many other indicators of labor market performance." She may be keeping policy steady as she goes, but Fed Chairman Yellen had to swerve on forward guidance. Go back to January's FOMC statement (Bennie's last and which I'm sure she signed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... cent to $1.73 billion on the back of growth in home lending and lower bad debts. In other equities news, David Jones chairman Peter Mason will leave the department store business in the wake of investor anger at controversial share trading by two of ...

Stanfield Funds Management names new MD

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Olney Fraser. Ng commenced his role as managing director on February 3rd 2014. Fraser has remained as the non-executive chairman of the board. On February 14th 2013, Ng was appointed as an executive director of Stanfield Funds Management. In this role ...

NAB adds director from MyWave

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... years' of experience in the technology industry. McBride was previously the president of SAP and founder of Mywave. NAB chairman Michael Chaney said due to McBride's experience in the industry, the board of directors were glad when she accepted their ...

Medcraft always going to testify at inquiry: ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft will appear before the Senate inquiry into ASIC, despite media reports to the contrary, according to an ASIC statement. Medcraft publically announced his commitment to the ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... under their own brands in their home markets while trying to turn ARC into a global player. David King, non-executive chairman at Arc, who runs the South African rating agency JV partner, told the MoneyObserver news service that, "The hardest part is ...