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AFA releases draft code of conduct

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... influence action. "Clients interests are paramount in all decisions and transaction, conflicts should be identified and managed to ensure that the interests of both client and adviser are considered." The AFA has also taken a stringent line on compliance ...

Fix churn with watch list: AFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Consultation Paper on Replacement Business Framework has sparked debate over how the practice of 'churning' should be managed. While a recent survey conducted by Asteron Life showed independent financial planners believed dealer groups and life insurance ...

Trio investor secures damages from adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... settlement, but said she has now recouped a "significant amount" of what she lost. "This highlights that trustees and self managed super fund investors potentially have other options in the advent of theft or fraud," said Peter Burgess, technical director ...

SuperMate updates online SMSF

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
SuperMate has launched three updates to its online self managed super fund administration service. The updates include fully automated ASX corporate actions processing, overnight bank data download into SMFSs for 95% of bank transactions and direct ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... Brothers in 2008." I touched briefly on this report yesterday but theage.com.au has made a meal out of it. They've even managed to get a quote from Deloitte Access Economics director, Chris Richardson. According to the website, Chris "said if there was ...

European DC Pension market to hit A$3.7tr by 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... manufacturers which have been operating multi-management funds and pioneering development of platforms including separately managed accounts..

Legal threats loom over poor SMSF advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... advisers and accountants that call themselves 'SMSF specialists' are ill-equipped to adequately advise on running a self-managed super fund - making them prime targets for litigation and causing reputational damage to the SMSF sector. As reported this ...

Industry funds, independent platforms stand up for FOFA reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... should expect a counter-response to further strengthen the package." Connie McKeage, chief executive of independent unified managed account platform OneVue, said those benefiting from conflicted remuneration should be celebrating that they had got away ...

Planners prime legal targets for angry clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... while the accountancy practice is still going. Kelly warned small advisory firms off the legally complex area of self-managed funds. "There are too many people trying to capture everything," he said. "With SMSFs they are so complex you really need a ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees left without compensation from the Trio fraud debacle have turned on their former financial advisers. About 100 investors are suing defunct financial planning firm Tarrants Financial Consultants, reportedly on the grounds ...