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Citigroup hires Macq compliance exec

CITIGROUP MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
Citigroup has appointed former Macquarie compliance head, Johanna Turner, as country compliance and control officer for Australia and New Zealand. She joins from Macquarie Group where she was global head of compliance for fixed income, currencies and ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

From super funds to banks and financial planning groups, the industry is divided between those that are pinning their future growth and consumer engagement strategy through walk-in financial advice shops and those that are sticking with a more traditional ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
h no! Wall Street has run out of puff. Wall Street ended flat overnight after seesawing for much of the trading day. In case you start getting an attack from the jitterbug once again, have no fear... nothing much has really changed. After six days of ...

Broker jailed for false trades

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Former Macquarie Equities client adviser Newton Chan has been sentenced to a 20-month imprisonment term - serving four months immediately before being released on a recognisance release order - for share price manipulation. He was sentenced in the Supreme ...

LGS sells FuturePlus share to EISS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
Local Government Super (LGS) is selling its half stake in admin and investment provider FuturePlus to its other half-owner Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS) - lifting the uncertainty that hung over the co-owned business caught in the political ...

Praemium preps more advisers to fee-for-service world

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Praemium is expanding its planner target market by 80 per cent as the firm rolls out SMARTwrap - a service aimed at both fee-for-service and commission-based advisers, and those transitioning to a fee structure. Arthur Naoumidis, group chief executive ...

Cbus and St Hilliers tag housing project

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... the location of the properties - in the centre of Sydney's inner city lifestyle, including wine bars, fine dining, cafes and art galleries to name a few. Other attractions include easy access to the CBD as well as the location's near proximity to Sydney ...

Olive branch for SMSF art investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
SMSFs' investments in exotic assets including art may be banned if the Cooper Review's recommendations go ahead - but one of the review's panelists, Meg Heffron, said art is still an option for investors, if they restructure their fund. Heffron, one ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Following a year-long study on the efficiency of the superannuation system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The ...

Don't limit adviser choice: Synchron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Synchron has renewed calls for firms to not limit advisers to a 'tight' list of platforms, products or risk providers to chase volume bonuses. In a press release, Synchron said it was not in advisers or their clients' best interest to artificially limit ...