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Kingston Capital joins FSP

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
Kingston Capital will join Financial Services Partners (FSP) with plans to extend its product range, while separating its advice function from its funds management business. Kingston Capital, which deals largely with actively managed share portfolios ...

New chapter for ASET and FMD

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
ASET Wealth Management and FMD Group usher in 2011 as stand-alone practices, cutting ties with their previous owners and signing on to dealer group services provider Paragem. ASET Wealth, formally WalterTurnbull Financial Planning, has separated from ...

Tasmanian former adviser charged for no AFSL

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
John Vafiadis, previously of Hobart, has been charged for running an advice business without an Australian Financial Services license. Vafiadis appeared in the Hobart Magistrates' Court charged with two counts of carrying on a financial services business ...

DKN champions fee for service, unveils "land grab" strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Listed planning group DKN said its business model is insulated against the Government's proposed 'fee for service' reforms and has mapped out plans to buy more planning-related businesses over the next few years. The company's chief executive Phil Butterworth ...

AFS deal falls, two new prospects emerge

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... group's chief executive, Peter Daly. In what were already quiet negotiation process, the unnamed prospective buyer and the AFS board met yesterday to finalise negotiations. According to AFS, these negotiations failed with AFS "unable to reach terms that ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... consultant, Andrew Inwood, chief executive of Brand Management, Steve Tucker, MLC group executive and Peter Daly, chief executive of AFS. Announcing the AFA is moving centre stage in the policy battles over consumer financial advice, the panel, however ...

ASIC strikes back in Opus dispute

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... intangible asset and could therefore be included for the purposed of complying with the Net Tangible Asset requirement of the AFS licence" Opus Capital is the responsible entity for 14 unlisted property funds. At the end of the March quarter, the company ...

OneVue on global path with managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... strategic partnership with BGL Financial Solutions, a partnership that has resulted in the launching of an adviser-driven UMA with AFS Group and the May 2010 launch of an automated end-to-end processing solution for SMSFs. BGL white labels OneVue's Separately ...

ASIC tightens noose on managed inv schemes

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
Australia's top financial watchdog has called for strict new requirements to protect investors in managed investment schemes, but the rules could end up hurting the very same people they aim to protect. In a recently released discussion paper, ASIC ...

Countplus buys risk dealer group

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
Countplus has bought risk-focused dealer group Total Financial Solutions Dealership, which has over $1 billion, as its final acquisition before a planned IPO in December. The non-accounting based dealer group has around 70 advisers. Its head office ...