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Vow names new chief

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Former Macquarie Bank senior executive Tim Brown will take over from departing chief executive officer Jeff Zulman at Vow Financial early next year. Brown has resigned after five years at Macquarie Bank to accept the position. Former roles include marketing ...

Shorten to tighten tax agent rules for planners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The government is looking to improve the regulation of financial planners who offer tax agent services, following the release of an options paper today. In a media statement, assistant treasurer and minister for superannuation, Bill Shorten, said financial ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Irish Government's four-year financial recovery plan is designed to restore confidence and create more jobs, according to the minister for enterprise, trade and innovation, Batt O'Keeffe. The plan underpins the work of the job creation and research ...

Affordable housing project targets investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
A property group has launched a service allowing first homebuyers and investors to purchase a new home for 50 per cent of the typical homeowner's costs. Property-Access International Ltd (PAIL) is a newly incorporated public company set up to make strategic ...

DSPC makes another discount AUI offer

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
Australian Unity Investments' (AUI) has urged investors to see a financial adviser before considering the latest discounted offer from Direct Share Purchasing Corporation (DSPC). DSPC has offered AUI mortgage funds investors a follow up discounted share ...

Over Fifty becomes Centuria

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
Over Fifty Group has changed its name to Centuria Capital. Voted by shareholders at the latest annual general meeting, the name change is part of a comprehensive brand review of the company's products and services. John McBain, chief executive of Centuria ...

Insurers slow to custom fit products: research

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
From fast problem resolutions to creating products that fit consumers' distinctive needs, some insurers are still largely ill-prepared to fulfill their customers' wants, research shows. Consulting firm Accenture sampled over 3,500 consumers in six countries ...

FPA defends turf, looks to HNW

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... accountability, and should be liable " he said. De Gori told Financial Standard that an inevitable consequence of the association's plan to increase educational requirements would be a greater focus of members on medium to high net worth clients. He ...

ASIC takes legal action against Storm founders and banks

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Financial services watchdog ASIC is to take legal action against Storm Financial founders, Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis, and against three banks, on behalf of investors affected by the company's collapse. ASIC will take legal action against the two ...

FPA unveils Value of Advice winners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Dennis Jones, Charles Badenach and Stephen Priestley have been named this year's Financial Planning Association Value of Advice award winners. Jones, Badenach and Priestley were announced as winners of the awards respectively for wealth accumulation ...