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Mills Oakley to launch private wealth service

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Law firm Mills Oakley will launch a new specialised legal service for private and family businesses and wealthy individuals on 14 March. Private Advisory, which will be opened by The Hon Peter Costello AC, provides advice on corporate structuring, asset ...

Hamilton prepares counter-bid for Elders forestry scheme

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Hamilton Securities Limited is readying a competing bid for the acquisition of the Sandalwood Scheme, an agricultural investment scheme managed by Elders in Western Australia. Elders is under financial pressure to offload the forestry assets and has ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... global gaming business is the son of media mogul Kerry Packer. Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest (211 th ) and Westfield owner Frank Lowy (229 th ) complete the top five for Australia. Mexican telecoms multi-billionaire Carlos Slim topped the list with ...

AFA outlines stance on conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has prepared a document, due for public release shortly, expressing its concerns over the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) consultation paper on conflicted remuneration. The AFA already ...

SMSF adviser escapes jail time with suspended sentence

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... $250,000 by recommending that two clients purchase a portion of his shares in Morris Finance Ltd, and misrepresenting the true owner of the shares. He also indicated to one of the clients that the shares were likely to increase in value. ASIC commissioner ...

Industry groups join forces to mount super campaign

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
Industry groups have warned politicians to guarantee that no further changes will be made to superannuation. This morning both the Financial Services Council and the newly-formed SMSF Owners' Alliance gave Federal Government a March 12 deadline, the ...

SMSF trustees confident backing their limited advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
New research reveals enormous opportunities for Australia's financial advisers to help their clients, with self managed super funds, diversify their portfolios better. Launched on the eve of the 2013 SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) ...

FoFA anxiety remains high: FPA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Compliance and the cost of regulation are the main concerns for financial planning businesses in the current environment, said the Financial Planning Association after a survey. Recent research shows that Future of Financial Advice compliance and the ...

Small shareholders eclipsed by instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Large institutions including Australian superannuation funds and offshore investors are increasing their allocation to listed Australian companies while small shareholders have slashed their portfolios, a study for the Australian Investor Relations ...

How advisers can double their business value

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Putting greater emphasis on earnings can double the value of financial planning businesses, according to Centurian Market Makers' Chris Wrightson. Financial advice practices are typically valued on a multiple of annual recurring revenue with many institutionally ...