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Ex-Westpoint adviser faces charges

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Keith Rowntree, formerly from Solutions One Finance Group, faces three ASIC charges for providing advice on a range of financial products, including Westpoint, without the proper licence. ASIC alleges that between 2003 and 2005, Rowntree provided financial ...

TSG expands dealer group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... talks with a further 13 practices. Established in 1999, TSG merged with national dealer group Australian Financial Services (AFS) last year and manages more than $700 million in client investments. Under the merger, both dealer groups continue to operate ...

AFS records strong growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... improvement in profits at the start of this year - a result that the firm claims is a harbinger of strong performance this year. "AFS's record of sustained strong results confirms and validates the strategic framework that underpins the focus of the ...

AFS ready for IPO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has flagged plans to list on the stock exchange after meeting its business and profit objectives last year. "Our energies over the past four years have been devoted to consolidating AFS' position in the marketplace ...

Macq launches Property Lever

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Macquarie Bank has developed the Macquarie Property Lever, a geared residential property product tailored for self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The product allows SMSF trustees to borrow 55 per cent of the purchase price to buy a residential property ...

AFS paraplanning gets thumbs up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
Graduates from the Australian Financial Services' (AFS) Paraplanning Academy have hailed the program as a success. The academy involves recruits to complete a six-week program with the initial two weeks spent working in structured classroom activities ...

HESTA appoints five

HESTA Super has appointed five new staff members in three states, taking up total trustee office staff numbers to 60. Richard Fuller will be based in Melbourne as the new investments analyst (PRI) to manage HESTA's PRI undertakings and environmental ...

Futures contracts director caught without AFSL

ASIC has taken a court order against a Tasmanian-based company and director for providing financial training in futures contracts without the proper financial licence. The Federal Court of Australia, in Melbourne, made interim orders restraining Oxford ...

PI increase sparks debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... its support behind ASIC's proposed changes to professional indemnity (PI) insurance required by financial planners and other AFS licensees. Only this week, the Financial Industry Complaints Service, a dispute resolution firm that handles any complaints ...

Praemium signs UBS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... clients. PrA|mium's SMA has over $233 million in funds under management with more than 50 firms signed up, including PIS, Count, AFS, Citigroup.