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Britons vote 'Adieu EU'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016

Synchron lands payroll tax win

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Leading non-institutional licensee, Synchron, has won its battle on payroll tax that would have had major financial implications for Australian licensees. After a five year legal battle, the State Revenue Office (SRO) Victoria has issued a letter to ...

La Trobe Financial prices $250m RMBS Issue

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Credit specialist La Trobe Financial has priced its third issue of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS). The issue, which includes several tranches of the investment grade debt, totals $250 million. "We are very pleased with the support for ...

ASIC issues first "best interests" duty penalty

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
ASIC has taken its first action against a licensee for breaching the FoFA "best interests" duty showing that the reforms have come of age. NSG Services, formerly National Sterling Group, is licensed to provide personal advice on risk insurance and superannuation ...

Group insurers at mercy of a handful of super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
The role of superannuation funds as a distribution mechanism for life and income protection insurance continues to grow in the Australian market, according to new analysis by Rainmaker, which says the dominance of a few funds as gatekeepers could leave ...

Former Equititrust CEO appeal refused

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has refused an application by former chief executive officer and founding director of Equititrust (in liquidation) to overturn a permanent ban. Mark McIvor applied for an order staying the operation and implementation ...

ASIC ban upheld, investment banker jailed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has upheld ASIC's decision to ban a financial adviser from providing financial services for five years. Former Meritum Financial Group adviser, Alfie Chong, was initially banned by ASIC for a range of misconduct ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
While large Australian institutions such as AustralianSuper and HOSTPLUS are increasingly turning to in-housing of their investment capabilities, the UK pensions industry remains fairly comfortable farming out management of its assets to third-party ...

Adviser Intelligence secures multi-million funding deal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
Cloud-based financial planning software company Adviser Intelligence has announced a multi-million-dollar private funding and partnership arrangement with an investment technology firm. The partnership and funding deal with Avocado Consulting will allow ...

Life insurance adviser group hits out at FSC priorities

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Life Insurance Customer Group has criticised the Financial Service Council's statement of policy priorities, arguing customers will be "worse off" if the Life Insurance Framework goes ahead. The group, formed in 2015 to give life insurance advisers ...