New ASX Chairman

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The ASX Board has elected Mr Roderic (Rick) Holliday-Smith to succeed Mr David Gonski as Chairman of Directors. Mr Gonski is resigning as a director of ASX effective today and... Read more continue reading

ASIC improves disclosure of unlisted property scheme risks

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ASIC has introduced a new disclosure principle and six new disclosure benchmarks for unlisted property schemes to improve investors’ awareness of the risks of investing in these products. Regulatory Guide 46... Read more continue reading

S&P places AMP Capital Property and Listed Infrastructure Fund ratings ‘On Hold’

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has placed its ratings on all AMP Capital property, and listed infrastructure funds, ‘On Hold’. This follows AMP Capital’s announcement today that it will be ending... Read more continue reading

ASIC releases full report on retirement advice shadow shopping research

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ASIC today released the full findings of ‘shadow shopping’ research which examined financial advice given to people to help them plan for retirement. The purpose of Report 279 Shadow shopping... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital scales up global listed real estate and infrastructure team

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AMP Capital has scaled up its listed real estate and infrastructure capability, and will now deliver global portfolio management in-house following the appointment of several new portfolio managers/analysts. As part... Read more continue reading

van Eyk 9th conference wrap up

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Last week van Eyk held its 9th annual conference in Sydney. In a day packed full of high calibre speakers, delegates heard from an exciting lineup of international and local presenters... Read more continue reading

S&P assigns Aberdeen Fixed Interest Funds three stars

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today removed from ‘On Hold’ and assigned three-star ratings to three Aberdeen global and Australian fixed interest funds. The funds were placed ‘On Hold’ when senior... Read more continue reading

Risk averse investors face capital erosion

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Shaun Manuell, head of asset management at Equity Trustees Limited, says it is of concern that current commentary about the investor shift to bank deposits does not highlight the capital... Read more continue reading

Bank of New Zealand selects Oracle Financial Services financial crime and compliance management solution suite

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To help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of manage Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering Financing of Terrorism (CFT) initiatives and compliance requirements, the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), a New... Read more continue reading

Future of Financial Advice reforms

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Responding to the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation tabled in Parliament today, John Brogden, CEO of the Financial Services Council, said the Bill failed to provide... Read more continue reading