australian securities
Financial advice
Although ASIC found some conflicts of interest in its recent review of the role of asset consultants, their industry did not need further regulation, it said....
Financial advice
ASIC has released its 'good practice' guide for custodians and responsible entities in a bid to clarify the scope of custodians and address concerns about their role in t...
Financial advice
ASIC has issued class order relief for multi-funds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds under the new regime for shorter PDSs....
Institutional investment
Retail derivatives issuer Apex Derivatives will be wound up after ASIC received orders in the Federal Court....
Insurance
Australia’s underinsurance problem could be allieved by giving life insurers the power to hand out ancillery benefits, like riders, TAL says. ...
Insurance
Both APRA and ASIC have condemned the insurance industry for not learning from its past mistakes. ...
Funds management
CCH says new APRA reporting obligations for super funds should be viewed as a transformational exercise....
Funds management
ASIC has surveyed 12 hedge fund strategies in Australia which represent approximately 42 per cent of assets in single-strategy funds in Australia. ...
Funds management
An ASIC taskforce has found that HFT strategies are not as negative as public concern has suggested, and have been adopted by institutions and other algorythmic traders....
Funds management
ASIC will propose a number of measures designed to slow down and potentially prevent high frequency trading (HFT) from adversely affecting the market....
Financial advice
SPAA backs ASIC’s bid to drive out ‘bad apples’ from financial services....
Financial advice
SPAA welcomes education overhaul but queries place of SMSF training standards....
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...