ASIC makes new rules on suspicious activity reporting

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ASIC has made new market integrity rules for suspicious activity reporting and short sale tagging requirements which will apply for the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and Chi-X markets. The suspicious... Read more continue reading

David Asplin to join QIC Global Real Estate

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QIC has appointed David Asplin to head up the Investor Services area in their Global Real Estate (GRE) business. This new role will be responsible for sales and marketing, client... Read more continue reading

Australia’s richest towns

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The latest release of Census data permits comparisons to be made across states, regions and even postal areas (postcodes). While more data is still to be released, the comparisons that... Read more continue reading

FPA: Australians turning to a trusted voice during uncertain times

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June marked a welcome new engagement benchmark for the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) consumer outreach, as record numbers of Australians read, heard or clicked through to the FPA’s message of... Read more continue reading

Instreet leads with a structured product meeting adviser demands

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Boutique investment manager Instreet is offering a new structured product that gives investors a lower thresh-hold to break even over a three-year period. Instreet managing director George Lucas says: “The... Read more continue reading

van Eyk refines its ratings system for Exchange-Traded Funds

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Leading investment researcher and ratings house van Eyk has changed the way it rates exchange-traded funds to reflect the important differences between ETFs and other managed funds. van Eyk has... Read more continue reading

S&P reinstates four-star rating on AMP Capital Listed Property Trust

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has removed from ‘On Hold’ and assigned its four-star rating on the AMP Capital Listed Property Trust. We placed the fund ‘On Hold’ on March... Read more continue reading

FSC’s churn paper an opportunity to address the elephant in the room

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Industry discussions following the Financial Services Council (FSC)’s Consultation Paper on Replacement Business Framework (the FSC Paper), provide an ideal opportunity to open up discussion on how to address one... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic & market outlook

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The past week has seen investment markets continue to trade nervously on ongoing concerns about theglobal growth and earnings outlook. Investors are clearly concerned that global policy makers are not... Read more continue reading

SPAA welcomes decision to defer off-market transfer ban

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to defer the proposed ban on off-market transfers between SMSFs and related parties where a market exists. According... Read more continue reading