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IFS caught investing in unregistered schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has breached an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) class order by incorrectly investing client funds into an unregistered managed investment scheme. IFS recently changed their investment options after ...

Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... he delivered his keynote address to the ECB's annual Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal last night. There were no ifs, ands, ors... nor buts. No more "Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle yeah..." I can just imagine the central bank heads ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) lawyer James Wheeldon has revealed the regulator gave favourable treatment to the big end of the market. Wheeldon appeared yesterday at a public hearing of the Senate inquiry into the performance ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... 2016, if the US lifts its rates by mid-2015 and if the US dollar continues to strengthen". If you think you've had enough of 'ifs' there's more where they came from. RBS senior currency strategist Greg Gibbs adds IF the Chinese economy struggles and ...

Martin Codina to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Financial Services Council (FSC) director of Policy and International Markets Martin Codina will join BT Financial Group in the New Year. Codina will resign from his post at FSC and become BT's head of Government and Industry Affairs. "Martin has broad ...

Kinetic Super to use IFS advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... Kinetic Super has become the latest super fund to engage the services of financial advice provider Industry Fund Services (IFS). The deal is testament to an increasing demand for financial advice from industry fund members, resulting from growing balances. ...

Cbus, FPA explain their referral deal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... members currently has only nine advisers whom members accesses through the dealer group established by Industry Fund Services (IFS). But while Cbus general manager of advice services, Greg Harper, said the demand for advice will grow over the coming ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Chief executive of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, Adrian Orr, has been elected deputy chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). As deputy, Orr will play second fiddle to chair Bader M. Al Sa'ad of the Kuwait Investment ...

IFS to triple adviser numbers in 3 years

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Industry Fund Services (IFS) which provides advice services to industry superannuation funds expects to triple its financial planner headcount in the next three years. IFS chief executive Bill Danaher told Financial Standard that advice is a key issue ...

The "ber" months are coming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013