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The disappearing act of lose-lose funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... four will be expanding their suite of tailored products and absolute return strategies, the research found. On fiduciary duty - a central plank in the regulatory reforms to be introduced in the US, UK and Australia - the survey respondents unanimously ...

Finsia launches fin services credential

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... managed investment schemes. The credential is designed to be inline with the proposed regulatory reforms including a fiduciary duty for financial planners. "It will look at fiduciary duty and the separation between advice and products. We need to restore ...

FPA sets up Treasury taskforce

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... Some of these areas will be the host of issues surrounding the annual 'opt-in' renewal process, the definition of fiduciary duty, the establishment of the Expert Advisory Panel, Intra-Fund and the removal of barriers to efficient and effective advice." ...

FPA appoints Rantall to top job

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... "The general thrust of the reforms is positive. The FPA already has a policy around commissions and regarding the fiduciary duty, we believe that financial planners have always had that duty and the vast majority execute that well," he said. "But we ...

Industry prepares for new advice era

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... many planning firms. Besides the commissions ban, the government also proposed two other key reforms: a statutory fiduciary duty for financial advisers and the introduction of an 'adviser charging regime' where the public must opt-in to paying for advice ...

Instos still lukewarm on climate change risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... intend to build a climate change capability at all and only a third viewed assessing ESG risks as part of their fiduciary duty to members.

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... environmental and social risks. O'Neill stressed that investors should be more involved - considering trustees have a fiduciary duty to oversee how the proxies attached to their funds' stocks are voted. Other results from the survey include 40 per cent ...

Hartsuyker takes aim at govt reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... did support some of the Ripoll Report's recommendations including the requirement that financial advisers owe a fiduciary duty to their clients. "Strengthening the trust lost in financial advisers as a result of investment fund collapses such as Storm ...

FinaMetrica rides regulatory wave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... possibilities. Given the recommendations from last year's Ripoll Inquiry that included financial planners have a fiduciary duty to clients, Resnik is hopeful of a similar outcome in Australia.

Ripoll rules but confusion reigns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... released an initial analysis that argues, for example, that the first task for the government is to define what fiduciary duty means for planners. "The definition of the fiduciary duty to be applied has not been provided and it is difficult to know precisely ...