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Bans hit bad planners: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... brought against him by ASIC. Alan Leslie Brown of Lugarno, NSW, also forged a client's signature on a falsified withdrawal request, the financial services regulator said. The Sydney-based adviser withdrew the money from 2002 to 2008. But he came undone ...

Unitholders ask ASIC/NSX to ban cap raising

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Premium Income Fund unitholders have requested regulatory bodies stop a planned capital raising, deeming the raising as 'unfair' to all unitholders. In a letter to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and National Stock Exchange ...

Super fund drives member awareness

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Truckies, bus drivers and couriers will soon be very aware of who manages their super if all goes to plan for transport industry superannuation fund TWUSUPER. The industry super fund is putting advertisements on more than 80 billboards around the country ...

Sunsuper appoints ESG specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... consultant to assess the climate change risk of assets within its investment portfolio. The $37 billion fund plans to request details from property managers on their sustainable building management practices and energy efficient programmes. Aurtralian ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... earlier schemes. Founder and former managing director of Great Southern, John Young, reportedly raised objections to the request which were yesterday rejected by the Associate Justice who upheld M+K's request who are now able to view any such documents ...

Accountants attack planners over naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
An industry turf war has erupted after accountants said they want the Federal Government to dump adviser requests to restrict the term 'financial planner'. The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) fired the first shots yesterday, saying moves to ...

Macquarie arms advisers with online cash tool

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Macquarie Wrap has launched an online cash management tool to help advisers track clients' balances and manage investments more efficiently. The idea behind the platform is to enable advisers, under clients' instructions, to ensure that sufficient cash ...

ING shelves global equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... resignation of two portfolio managers in Europe. Standard & Poor's Fund Services removed its three star rating at the manager's request, stating that the INGIM had elected to close the fund. Jim McKay, head of distribution, INGIM, confirmed that the ...

Planners struggle to sell practices as values fall

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Financial planners are finding it harder to sell their practices this year and business values have declined, thanks to legislative uncertainty, according to industry valuation firm Radar Results. The consulting firm said requests for valuations on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... which would be linked to strict austerity measures. Portugal is the third eurozone country after Greece and Ireland to request a bailout and its plight has increased speculation that Spain - the fourth largest economy of the 17 countries which use the ...