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Advisers graduate Synchron boot camp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
Advisers got dirty, sweaty and splattered with paintball shots at Synchron's Next Gen training course that yielded 14 new recruits to the firm's adviser base. "We've identified that younger advisers are a different creature in their training needs to ...

Super funds commit 6pc to private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Australia's largest superannuation funds have boosted their commitment to private equity investment from 4.5 per cent to 6 per cent of total assets over a three year period, according to a University of New South Wales (UNSW) survey. Conducted by UNSW ...

Browne & Co joins Securitor

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
The Securitor financial planning network extends its reach in New South Wales after chartered accountant, Browne & Co, joined the group. Joining the Securitor group means Browne & Co's financial planning division, BEX, can access the dealer group's ...

Adviser gets community service

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
A former Progressive Investment Securities financial adviser has been sentenced to 250 hours community service for giving unlawful advice. Mohammad Zareei of Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, was sentenced by the Sydney District Court to 250 hours community ...

Broker caught after $30m insurance scam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
New South Wales insurance broker Scot Weston has pleaded guilty to four charges of dishonest conduct. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges Weston, employed as an insurance broker by Hirtes Insurance Brokers at the time ...

Adviser charged on $48k theft

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Perth financial adviser Annemieke De Boer was yesterday sentenced to one year imprisonment and suspended for two years after pleading guilty to stealing $48,000 from a former client. The sentence was the result of a joint investigation conducted by ...

Rev mortgages new sales down 10pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The SEQUAL Trowbridge Deloitte Reverse Mortgage Study has revealed $466 billion worth of reverse mortgage loans were sold in Australia last year, a 10 per cent fall compared to 2006. While new sales were down, the study found that overall, the sector ...

Douglas to head van Eyk investment research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
Investment research firm, van Eyk, has promoted eight-year veteran of the firm, Nigel Douglas, to head of investment research. In this position, Douglas will direct van Eyk's fund manager research team and provide asset allocation advice to Blueprint ...

Super trustee faces ASIC probe

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) obtained orders by consent in the Supreme Court of New South Wales yesterday against Fenumiai Solofuti of Campbelltown, New South Wales. These orders follow ASIC allegations that Solofuti was ...

Enron Part Two

A visiting US accounting academic has called for a re-design of auditing practices to avoid public company frauds of Enron scale to happen again, in the wake of the sub-prime led market crisis. Professor Ira Solomon, from the University of Illinois ...