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MLC promotes state mgr

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
MLC has promoted James Meade to the role of general manager, practice management for MLC Advice Solutions. Meade will be responsible for the firm's practice development team nationally, which focuses on supporting financial planning businesses. Meade ...

New voice for SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
A new self managed super fund body, the Self Managed Superannuation Member's Association Ltd, was officially launched yesterday - the latest industry initiative to boost the SMSF sector. Established in August 2007, the association aims to help the SMSF ...

Adviser charged on $48k theft

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Perth financial adviser Annemieke De Boer was yesterday sentenced to one year imprisonment and suspended for two years after pleading guilty to stealing $48,000 from a former client. The sentence was the result of a joint investigation conducted by ...

IRESS software gets thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
IRESS' planning software, XPLAN, has recorded the highest level of satisfaction amongst planners for fully featured planning software, a new report shows. According to the latest Investment Trends Planner Technology report, XPLAN - a web-deployed platform ...

Investec takes to the air

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Specialist banking group Investec has raised its stakes in the aircraft leasing business with the launch of the Investec Global Aircraft Fund - its first institutional offering to the Australian market. According to a statement released by Investec ...

Præmium tackles UK SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Listed portfolio administration provider PrA|mium Limited is one step closer to establishing its UK business as the Financial Services Authority approved the new legal framework for Smartfund - its British adaptation of the Separately Managed Account ...

Watson Wyatt appoints new global head

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
International consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide has appointed Carl Hess as global head of investment consulting, effective from 1 July 2008. Hess will replace Roger Urwin who takes on a newly created role focusing on the global development and ...

Doja faces jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Former Sydney financial adviser Tunde Doja was last Friday sentenced to a minimum of three years and eight months imprisonment in the Sydney District Court following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) into ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Rules surrounding short selling in Australia look set to undergo a major overhaul following revelation that the crucial practice is effectively unregulated. The key problem, according to Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Amidst recent shake-ups in securities lending, director share trading, margin loans and short selling, IFSA and ACSI have joined forces to outline their views on how market transparency and disclosure should be rendered. According to the Investment ...