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Deloitte expands Islamic finance business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Deloitte is pushing further into Islamic finance with the appointment of a global leader to manage the Shariah compliant division's operations. Daud Vicary Abdullah was appointed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu global leader of the Islamic Finance Industry ...

Bans and charges for advisers: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
ASIC has embarked on a major crackdown on "advisers" who have broken the law - including those linked with Westpoint, and SMSF and agribusiness specialists. ASIC has banned Craig Gerard Dangar, of New South Wales, from providing financial services for ...

Perceived conflicts lethal to planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Commission-based financial advice may not necessarily lead to real conflicts of interest but even 'perceived' conflicts threaten to undermine the industry's future, said Chris Bowen, the minister for financial services and superannuation. Addressing ...

Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
One of the major hurdles facing super funds in the post intra-fund advice relief era is attracting and maintaining qualified advisers, said an industry expert. David Anderson, business leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, told an ...

SelectingSuper unveils 2009 top super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
SelectingSuper has recognised the industry's finest, with more than 20 of the country's 400-plus super funds making it to this year's awards shortlist. This morning's SelectingSuper Awards recognised REST Super as the Fund of the Year, and paid tribute ...

Four pillars of a good hedge fund: Ashton

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Nick Raphaely, executive director of Ashton Advisors, which has links to the highly successful Paulson funds in the US, said Paulson's four pillars of running a solid hedge fund stems from a transparent model that focuses on independence. Raphaely comments ...

OneVue adds DNR

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
OneVue has added five Dalton Nicol Reid MAx, Managed Account Xertus, portfolio mandates to its managed account. Dalton Nicol Reid provides financial advisers with monthly mandate updates, detailed audio updates and stock change advice. Charles Cornish ...

Ord Minnett appoints sales head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Ord Minnett has appointed Richard Wolff as head of emerging company institutional equities sales. Wolff will focus on servicing Ord Minnett's institutional clients in the emerging company sector, including its trading and execution capabilities, company ...

Not proud of Storm involvement: Norris

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
CBA chief executive Ralph Norris has acknowledged that the bank's involvement with Storm Financial was not something he was proud of - but hopes the processes put in place to help affected customers would ease some of their burden. Norris told an audience ...

BT ramps up SMSF offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
BT is keeping an eye on the growing SMSF sector, improving BT Wrap to include more SMSF-centric functionalities. Craig Lawrenson, national manager BT Wrap Product and Strategy, said the growth of SMSFs present an enormous opportunity for the financial ...