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Count and SPAA partner to provide SMSF training

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Count Financial and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) have partnered to provide self-managed super fund (SMSF) specialised training and education to Count members. Count is encouraging its advisers to join SPAA by offering them ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Australia's life insurance sector has experienced an increase in claims and policy lapses in the last few years. The confluence of factors pressuring the group and retail insurance market has created a perfect storm that has seen insurers' profits plummet. ...

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is urging all taxpayers with offshore assets to declare their interests, ahead of a global crackdown on international tax havens. The ATO's offshore voluntary disclosure initiative, 'Project DO IT: disclose offshore ...

Finance broker pleads guilty to car scam identity theft

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
A former finance broker has admitted to stealing the identities of former clients so she could buy two cars, sell them to acquaintances and keep the cash from the sale. Riyanka Puteri Shiraz, of Canterbury, New South Wales, appeared before Sydney's ...

Forget shocks and stay the course: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Fund manager PM Capital has urged investors not to over-react to geo-political or environmental disruption and stay the course with their long-term investment strategy. Kevin Bertoli, portfolio manager of PM Capital's Emerging Asia Fund, said that concerns ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell with a sell-off in technology companies outweighing encouraging economic news. At 0807 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,341. Data ...

AFA finds FoFA debate "surprising"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has expressed disappointment at the freeze of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendment regulations and finds it surprising that such "sensible and pragmatic amendments" have generated controversy among ...

Standard Life Investments to buy UK fund manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Standard Life Investments has acquired UK-based fund manager Ignis from parent company Phoenix Group for A£390 million ($700 million). Subject to regulatory approval, the deal will see Phoenix and Standard Life Investments form a 'strategic alliance' ...

Guardian launches referral network strategy guide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Suncorp-owned dealer group Guardian Advice has launched a new strategy guide aimed at helping its advisers build a "robust" referral network. The 'Centres of Influence' (COI) guide offers guidance on areas such understanding the motivators of referral ...

ASIC bans former authorised representative

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Former director and officer of CS Heritage Securities has been permanently banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). The regulator found that Phillip Gregory Spark had engaged in misleading ...