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Countplus makes expansion plans

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
Countplus has foreshadowed the listing of a new accounting-only vehicle on the ASX. According to an ASX statement Countplus had "previously advised that it would generally only directly purchase stand-alone accounting firms on a part-ownership basis". ...

ASIC winds up 3 fraudulent QLD financial services companies

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
The Supreme Court of Queensland has ordered three financial services companies to be wound up after they defrauded approximately $1 million between May and October 2012. An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation discovered ...

Fair Finance Australia pays infringement notice penalty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an infringement notice to Foresters Community Finance, which trades as Fair Finance Australia for false or misleading advertising. Fair Finance paid a $6,600 penalty on 22 March ...

CFS creates wrap platform for Infocus

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) has created a full-service wrap platform to assist advisers in meeting the regulatory requirements of the incoming Freedom of Financial Advice (FoFA) regime. The platform, called 'Ultimate' consists of a superannuation and ...

Retraction: Walther resigns from PIS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Peter Walther has resigned from his position as chief executive of Professional Investment Services (PIS), according to a company statement. John de Zwart, managing director and chief executive officer at parent company Centrepoint Alliance, has been ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open firmer after Wall Street posted fresh highs during offshore trading. At 0824 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 5,022 points, with 3,792 contracts traded. ...

ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from City Index

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking from City Index Australia (CIA), which will appoint an independent expert to review the business and develop a plan to rectify the deficiencies. The ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
Get behind me Satan! I was ever so tempted to simply regurgitate the financial headlines and commentaries and blogs that went blinkety-blink on my screen this morning. It would have made my day a bit easier. The headlines differed yes...but at the same ...

Treasuries - safe but not so rewarding

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
This was to be the year of the Great Rotation. The period when the bond market waves the white flag and give up the fight for investor dollars to the market for equities. That's until Cyprus. It has to come up with a,-5.8 billion (by taxing bank deposits ...

ASIC bans another insurance broker

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Financial planners and industry professionals were sent another clear message today that unscrupulous practitioners will face the full force of the regulator with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) permanently banning a Sydney ...