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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The Australian market is set to open lower ahead of the release of official jobs figures. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,117. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September labour ...

Guardian Advice benefits from planner "flight to security"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
Guardian Advice has hit the 200 adviser milestone and is benefiting from financial planners' "flight to security," the group's executive manager Simon Harris said. In the past months Guardian Advice has attracted independent advisers from small dealer ...

Court freezes LM Investment Management founder's assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
LM Investment Management founder Peter Drake has had his assets frozen and been forced to surrender his passport by the Supreme Court of Queensland following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). LM Investment ...

Australian giving grows by $248 million

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Tax-deductible gifts claimed by Australians in the 2010-11 tax year show a $248 million lift in philanthropy, according to an August report published by The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology ...

FPA reveals winners of Best Practice Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
The Financial Planning Association has revealed the names of this year' winners of the Best Practice Awards. James Kenny has been awarded the Queensland and the National FPA Professional Best Practice Award. Kenny is a mentor to undergraduate students ...

AUI appoints unlisted property portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has appointed Cathy Ciurlino as healthcare property portfolio manager within its unlisted property funds management business. She will be responsible for managing the properties held by AUI's flagship property fund ...

The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
"As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin'... For the times they are a-changin'." -Bob Dylan This is it Virginia!A This is the final week before the times, they could all a-change. Many of us, Australians all, will be grudgingly ...

AustSafe gets MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Queensland-based industry fund AustSafe Super has been granted its MySuper licence. The fund, which serves rural and regional industries and communities in Queensland, has 130,000 members and funds under management of just under $1.5 billion. AustSafe ...

PIS could face class action over "inadequate" advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Slater & Gordon are considering a class action against Professional Investment Services (PIS) after retail investors face losses from the collapse of a Queensland olive farm investment scheme. Over 350 Australians had ploughed approximately $25 million ...

Moore Stephens appoints GM of wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Moore Stephens Queensland has appointed a general manager for the firm's expanding wealth management division. Managing director Ken Pickard confirmed that Bob Blurton will be the general manager of Moore Stephens Wealth, which manages over $800 million ...