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ASIC bans former risk adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
ASIC has banned a life insurance adviser from former Macquarie Group subsidiary Risk Advice Specialists. Risk Advice Specialists, which described itself as "100% backed by Macquarie," was a boutique risk-focused dealer group established in 2012. It ...

ASIC bans Provident Capital director

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Former director of failed company Provident Capital has been banned from providing financial services for two years. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found that John Patrick Sweeney failed to comply with financial services ...

Oxi Oxi Oxi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... member... and the next. It won't happen overnight, but it could happen. Then again, it might not but I wouldn't go daring Murphy's Law -- "anything that can wrong, will go wrong." And then 'Houston, we all have a problem'... if the Euro collapses. Remember ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
There's a certain sense of insouciance in the financial markets despite the expected unexpected happened - Greece defaulted on its 30 June deadline to repay the a,-1.5 billion it owes the IMF - and depending on what happens on the 5th of this month ...

EOFY means new laws and new products

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
The new financial year rings in several legislative changes affecting the superannuation industry, including SuperStream, early access to super for terminally ill patients and new significant investor visa (SIV) rules. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) ...

AustralianSuper to pay early insurance to terminally ill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
From today Australians with a life expectancy of two years or less can fully access their superannuation savings yet the country's largest industry fund has gone a step further and negotiated for the early release of life insurance benefits. AustralianSuper ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
D-day 30 June 2015. It came, it went... but just like the "end of the world" prophesied by every other religious sect (almost forever) the sky did not fall on this day as financial markets did 'not' fear. Yes Virginia, did NOT fear. Despite the 'chicken ...

ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
A report to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) identifies that One Big Switch contained potentially false and misleading statements in recent insurance campaigns. Appointed by ASIC to review One Big Switch's compliance with ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... $53.10, and Fortescue Metals surrendered 5.5 cents to $1.935. Gold miner Newcrest was 12 cents higher at $13.09. Publicly listed law firm Slater and Gordon dived $1.09, or 21.63 per cent, to $3.95 after it admitted to miss-reporting revenues from its ...

Industry super warns against uniform laws

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
The most successful superannuation operations would be hit hardest by the federal government's planned changes, industry funds warn. But the government says millions of retirees are expected to benefit from proposed new laws to improve the way superannuation ...