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AFA opens Adviser of the Year nominations

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers, in partnership with Zurich, has opened nominations for the 2012 AFA Adviser of the Year Award. The Award is celebrating its 10th year of recognising the best advisers in Australia. "Zurich partnered with the Association ...

Trio investor secures damages from adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
A NSW woman has successfully claimed damages from her former financial adviser, after losing substantial savings in the Trio fraud. Wollongong-based legal firm RMB Lawyers told the ABC it has been representing the woman, who has a terminal illness and ...

PM rejects lifting retirement age to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... eligibility age. A defensive Prime Minister Gillard immediately quashed the suggestion notwithstanding her government has a plan to increase the retirement age to 67, only three years shy of the 70 year threshold. "We are not revisiting those decisions," ...

CSIRO questions Aus economy after the boom ends

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... in the future that the Australian mining industry sells more knowledge and know-how than it does rocks," he said. "What's plan B when we don't have the commodities boom anymore?" "Mining multi-factor productivity is declining, that means we're putting ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... whether that's sustainable I still question," he said. "There seems to be a few people hoping that we're going to see a master plan developed at the EU summit at the end of the month." The enthusiasm comes after the All Ordinaries index dipped below ...

MLC Advice names new state manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
MLC Advice Solutions has appointed Marc Cassidy as its new state manager for Victoria, commencing July 2. Cassidy will assume responsibility for the delivery of the advice offering and practice management services to advisers in Victoria and Tasmania. ...

Daly: Forced out of AFS after rejecting downsize

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... for unfair dismissal, said he departed the company after plans for downsizing were discussed. Daly said he had a business plan and budget approved by the board. "During the board meeting we discussed a number of different options for the company. One ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
The Australian share market made modest gains in opening trade thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street and as investors await more developments in Europe's debt crisis. At 1010 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18.5 points ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
ASIC revealed yesterday it has insufficient evidence to prove controller of the Trio Group, Jack Flader, has breached Australian Law. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital ...

Wealthy clients need consumer protections too: FPSB

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Regulators should be wary of simplistic distinctions between retail and wholesale clients, warns the global interest group the Financial Planning Standards Board. The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) is the owner of the Certified Financial ...