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Hawks Nest is Australia's oldest town

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Hawks Nest on the NSW mid north coast boasts Australia's oldest average residents, giving a glimpse to how some communities will look when retirees begin to dominate the country. A report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has found that ...

QSuper adds SMSF-style direct investment option

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
QSuper has become the latest fund to launch an SMSF-style direct investment option. The Queensland Government superannuation fund has joined the likes of AustralianSuper and Hostplus in offering this kind of option. It gives eligible members the flexibility ...

Australian Money Market adds CBA to platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Australian Money Market (AMM) has added the CBA Accelerator Cash Account to the choice of options on its term deposit platform. The new cash management account (CMA) is aimed at advisers whose clients have an existing CBA cash management account. AMM ...

CBA looks for plaintiffs to assist in remediation process

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is in advanced discussions with a number of plaintiff law firms that will act as independent consumer advocates in the Open Advice Review program to compensate victims of poor financial advice. CBA is expecting to announce the ...

Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
New donations into tax effective Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs), have risen 16% to $354 million in the year to 30 June, surpassing pre-crisis levels, according to the annual JBWere Giving Trends Report. The total number of PAFs is up 13.5% to 1,246 ...

Suncorp CEO rewarded for profit growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Insurance and banking group Suncorp's growing profits have resulted in boss Patrick Snowball being rewarded with one of Australia's largest executive pay cheques. The 64-year-old Englishman took home remuneration worth $9.12 million in the 2013/14 financial ...

PROFILE: Australian Unity PFS CEO Steve Davis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
Born in Queensland and raised in Fiji, the United States and Perth, Steve Davis was a professional basketball player. But the financial services industry drew his interest and became his passion, he tells Laura Millan. Today, Davis is chief executive ...

PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
In January, former NAB executive Scott Hartley leapt across the chasm that separates the retail and industry sides of superannuation, becoming chief executive of Sunsuper. Six months in, he reflects on the differences- or lack thereof - of the two sides. ...

Certitude appoints new regional manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
Global asset manager Certitude Global Investments has appointed Michael Akele to the newly created role of Northern regional manager (NSW/QLD) and New Zealand. Akele was appointed from within the Certitude ranks, previously serving as state manager ...

ASIC puts hold Custom Wealth's AFSL

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Brisbane-based Custom Wealth Solutions has also lost its Australian financial services (AFS) licence for three months. ASIC suspended the group's licence after it entered into receivership on June 11, 2014. The regulator has also permanently banned ...