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Affinia appoints new national manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
National dealer group Affinia has made a senior appointment as it looks to be the licensee of choice for specialist risk professionals in Australia. Sitparan Gnanendran has been appointed the specialist life insurance advice dealer group's new national ...

IFM wins $300m Cbus cash mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has awarded Industry Funds Management (IFM) with a $300 million cash mandate. Cbus executive manager - investment strategy Kristian Fok said that the decisiob was made due to IFM's reputation as a debt specialist, with ...

Cbus chair Steve Bracks to resign

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Cbus chair Steve Bracks will resign as chair of the Cbus board to accept a federal government position as Australian Consulate-General in New York. Bracks joined the board in 2009 and his resignation will become effective from 1st September 2013. "Under ...

MoneySmart list of unlicensed companies approaches 700

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
The number of unlicensed companies listed on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s online financial literacy website, MoneySmart, has grown to 696. China Environment Group Limited (CEG), based in the British Virgin Islands, has ...

Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Overall numbers of financial planners have dropped by 2% from a 2012 high point of 18,545 in 2012 according to recent Rainmaker research. According to the research there are currently 18,096 planners in Australia, with a loss of 450 from 2012. "On the ...

ATO release another SMSF self help guide

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Reflecting the rise and rise of self directed self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a publication aimed at explaining to SMSF trustees the rules around how they can pay benefits from their ...

Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has delivered his budget reply speech, announcing delays or suspension of superannuation intitiatives that were meant to be funded from taxes that a Coalition government intends repealing should it win office. These initiatives ...

IG offers Bitcoin bet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
UK-based derivatives trader IG is introducing a "limited risk binary" on volatile internet currency Bitcoin. Described by US tech publication DailyTech as "a peer-to-peer internet-driven cryptocurrency", Bitcoin is notoriously unstable. It soared in ...

Retirement objective is income not performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Providing retirement income solutions for super fund members requires funds to be clear about their goals. Is it achieving high investment returns, enabling members to accumulate high fund balances or is it about providing retirement income, notwithstanding ...

Suncorp Advice appoints practice development manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Suncorp Advice has appointed Michael Frawley as practice development manager for Suncorp's self-employed advisory channel in Queensland. Based in Brisbane, Frawley is responsible for partnering with Suncorp-licensed advisers in Queensland to help them ...