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AFA to recognise best adviser and best practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has divided the traditional Adviser of the Year Award into two and will now recognise the best individual adviser and the best advice practice. "The original Adviser of the Year Award was established by the ...

PwC partner to join NAB board

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner will retire in July and join the National Australia Bank (NAB) as a non-executive director of the board. NAB chairman Michael Chaney confirmed that PwC partner David Armstrong's role as board director will start on August  ...

Former finance broker convicted for fraud

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
A former finance broker has been convicted of two fraud charges, following an investigation from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Riyanka Puteri Shiraz, of Canterbury, New South Wales, admitted to using the identities of ...

AFA upgrades Female Excellence award with business scholarship

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for the 2014 Female Excellence in Advice Award, which this year includes a master class for finalists at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM). The award recognises the ...

Future Fund appoints head of ESG risk management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Future Fund has appointed a new head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Joel Posters will relocate from The Netherlands to take up the role and is expected to start in August 2014. Until recently Posters was global head of ...

IOOF secures strong advice channel with SFGA bid

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
The IOOF bid to acquire all of SFGA shares would result in a non-aligned advice business larger than those of NAB, Westpac and ANZ. IOOF offered 0.104 shares for each SFGA share, which implies a value of $0.90 per SFGA share. The SFGA Board unanimously ...

The music's still playing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Who me? Worry, because... May is nigh? Looking at last night's trading action on Wall Street, Wall Streeters appear to be fear missing out (on more gains) more than they do that of the prospect of the "sell in May" crowd, going away in May. Just look ...

ASIC cancels two more AFSL licences

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of a Parramatta insurance broker and of Banksia Mortgages. The Parramatta-based WD Gelle Insurance & Finance Brokers' licence ...

AMP fund downgraded following key staff departure

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
AMP Capital Property Securities Fund in London has been downgraded by SQM Research, following the departure of AMP's deputy head of global listed real estate Tom Walker. SQM Research downgraded the AMP fund from a rating of 4.25 stars to 4.0 stars. ...

Cbus to launch 'self-managed' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
Industry fund Cbus will launch a member direct investment (MDI) option in mid-2014, following the lead of a number of other industry funds seeking to stem the flow to self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Referring to the new option as a 'self-managed product' ...