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Momentum for mFund service gathering despite uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... investing in shares. A These funds can be bought and sold through an ASX stockbroker online, in person or through a financial adviser who uses a stockbroking service on their behalf. "Equity Trustees has successfully received applications on the mFund ...

First transaction takes place on ASX mFund service

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... launch was hosted at Exchange Square in Sydney by ASX chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper, with guest speaker Financial Service Council (FSI) chief executive John Brogden. mFund is an electronic processing service that allows investors to use an ASX broker ...

ASIC cancels two more AFSL licences

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of a Parramatta insurance broker and of Banksia Mortgages. The Parramatta-based WD Gelle Insurance & Finance Brokers' licence ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... (SEC) is soon to announce its final position on the long run argument over what the new fiduciary rules for brokers and financial advisers should be. But concerns are being expressed that the desire for workable compromise has retreated to improved conflicts ...

Silk questions value of financial services intermediaries

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has questioned the value of financial services intermediaries such as advisers, mortgage brokers and superannuation trustees. Silk spoke yesterday at a panel session on "the over-intermediation of financial services" ...

Financial Adviser convicted of 'tombstoning': ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... between June 2012 and March 2013. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said that there was no tolerance for people in the financial services industry who don't act within the law. Vyas also attempted to cover up his dishonest conduct by falsifying 21 other ...

Rubik partners with Stargate on integration interface

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Rubik Financial Limited has launched an interface integrating its wealth planning software COIN with Stargate Technologies'A loan management tool, SymmetryCRM. Rubik said this would allow financial planners using COIN and brokers using Symmetry to push ...

Industry groups self-interest caused FoFA problems

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... cause of the problems and complaints around the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation, Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan said. "It's not government that's the cause of the problems and complaints that have been directed ...

Appleyard defends free SMSF service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... defended his organisation's plans to launch a "free self-managed super fund [SMSF] service for every Australian." Yesterday Financial Standard reported that the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) had warned that organisations offering ...

One-stop-shop firms surge to gain scale against big instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... different ways to face the challenges of the post-GFC world without losing their independence. Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan told Financial Standard that his company has experienced a surge of calls from self-licensed advisers ...