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Perth adviser faces jail over $1.5m fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
A Perth financial adviser has had 12 new charges added to the 33 charges he was already facing over a $1.5 million fraud. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) brought the 12 new charges against Antonio Pisano in Perth Magistrates ...

Asset Super launches into advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Asset Super is to offer its members access to low cost single-issue financial planning through Money Solutions. The planning service will be call centre based and Asset Super members who phone the fund's call centre will be transferred to Money Solutions ...

Company directors arrested on theft charges

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Two former directors of the Personalised Finance Solutions group of companies (PFS Group) have been bailed to appear in court later this month on charges relating to the theft of $930,000 from investors. Victorian Police executed warrants for the arrest ...

BankWest and ABN AMRO win Best of the Best reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
BankWest has been awarded Money magazine's Best of the Best award for reverse mortgages sold by banks while ABN AMRO won the award for the best non-bank reverse mortgage. Macquarie and CommBank came in second and third for the banks while Bluestone ...

HOST-PLUS is Money Magazine's best of the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
HOST-PLUS has won the Money Magazine Best of the Best super fund award for 2007. HOST-PLUS was also a finalist in the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Fund of the Year Awards and this latest accolade caps off a big year for the public offer industry fund. David ...

FEAL appoints three new directors

The Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) has appointed three new directors to the board following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week. The new directors are Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Super, Colin McGuinness, chief executive of NGS ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
The criticism raised yesterday by the Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) and the Salvation Army's Employment Plus that the structure of the Federal Government's job network in allocating more assistance to long-term unemployed was giving them ...

QSuper hits $20b in quick time

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
QSuper has hit the magic $20 billion mark for funds under management, putting on the last $5 billion in just the last 17 months. Just 17 months after the fund celebrated 15 years of operation and $15 billion in fund for its 450,000 members, QSuper executive ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
The first nationwide natural resource management survey by the ABS has revealed the economic cost of ensuring the upkeep of the nation's natural resources that are used for agriculture. During the period 2004-05 farmers spent about $3.3 billion on natural ...

Adviser faces charges of pilfering $1.3m

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
A Victorian financial adviser has faced court over the misappropriation of around $1.3 million of clients' money. Matthew Leech faced Bendigo Magistrates Court for 18 charges of theft and dishonesty brought about following an Australian Securities and ...