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Macquarie to close Risk Advice Specialists

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Macquarie has confirmed it will close Risk Advice Specialists, a boutique advisory dealer group operating under the Macquarie AFSL. Financial Standard understands that the five Risk Advice Specialists planners will transition to other licensees outside ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... within superannuation would undermine confidence in the country's retirement savings system, according to SMSF Association patron Sir Anthony Mason. Addressing delegates at the SMSF Association's National Conference in Melbourne, the former Chief Justice ...

Infocus and Patron deal puts new group in top ten

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... two medium-sized firms that would put the new group among Australia's top ten providers. Infocus Wealth Management and Patron Financial Services are expected to merge in late July, subject to Infocus shareholder approval. The firms claim that the merger ...

NAB and FSC tight-lipped on Hockey meetings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) and National Australia Bank (NAB) have given little away about their involvement in Treasurer Joe Hockey's cash-for-meetings program reported by Fairfax this morning. Both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age this ...

Advisers have to act in client's best interests: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... add-ons to define these obligations are "a classic case of regulatory overkill". Abbott's comments follow on from SPAA patron and former High Court judge Sir Anthony Mason who explained at SPAA's recent annual conference that under Common Law financial ...

Consumers safe under FoFA changes: former judge

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... changes to the Future of Financial Advice Reforms (FoFA), according to SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) patron Sir Anthony Mason. In his opening address to the 1,400-strong delegates at the 10th annual SPAA conference in Brisbane ...

AMP Capital proposes new infra funding model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
AMP Capital has urged the federal government to allocate more funds to greenfield infrastructure projects on the grounds that it would reap the benefits of increased tax revenue from the resulting economic activity. AMP Capital made the proposal as ...

Patron grows adviser numbers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
Patron Financial Advice will continue to grow its adviser numbers over the next year due to constant demand from the advice sector that is currently dissatisfied with institutional dealer groups. Last financial year, Patron Financial Advice added 18 ...

FSC chief made chair of Landcom

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... needed to chair what is effectively the land development arm of the NSW Government," added Hazzard. Brogden is the also patron of Lifeline Australia and a number of local community organisations, and was previously chief executive of health insurer Manchester ...

PATRON makes Victorian move

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
PATRON Financial has appointed a Victorian State Manager as part of its eastern seaboard growth strategy. Sharon Cummins has been appointed Victorian state manager for the advice group. Cummins has over 18 years of industry experience and was most recently ...