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ASIC bans former Storm adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Former Storm Financial adviser, Stuart Craig Drummond, has been banned from providing financial services for four years following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Drummond was found guilty of making false ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... Ltd reported a double-digit lift in first half net profit and flagged an improved performance as the company's strategic plan begins to be implemented. Shares in Fairfax were down one cent at $1.41 by 1020 AEDT. Air New Zealand reported a 75 per cent ...

IOOF profits surge 22 pc

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
IOOF Holdings has announced a stellar half-yearly net profit result, rising 21.68 per cent or $8.36 million to $46.92 million for the six months to December. The company's underlying NPAT, which takes into account accounting adjustments, rose 16 per ...

RI Advice Group targets WA practices

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
RI Advice Group (RI, formerly RetireInvest) plans to recruit five Western Australian financial planning groups to its network this year, starting with Perth-based group Wealth Designers. The financial planning network said it expects to bring on another ...

FPA slams industry fund 'one track agenda'

ELISE BURGESS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has weighed in on the opt-in arguments advocated by sections of the trade union superannuation movement, calling the action "alarmist" and part of the industry funds "one track agenda". The FPA yesterday said ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
TOWER Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee ...

AMP steps up adviser support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
AMP has launched new technology communication tools and peer-to-peer workshops to provide greater support for its advisers. AMP launched the initiative to promote intra-group communications and to facilitate regular meetings even across state boundaries. ...

Deutsche bourse and NYSE to merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011

Advisers must deliver alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
To survive and thrive in a post-commission world, advisers will need to deliver alpha and be able to demonstrate it, according to research by Vanguard Investments. Francis Kinniry, a principal of Vanguard's global investment strategy group, developed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... holding the fort, so to speak, as far the index is concerned. "It is up after the greater clarity provided over the buy back plan this morning." Mr Spooner also said rising oil prices as a result of political tensions in Libya had caused a surge in energy ...