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BT reveals winners of national awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... Group handed the awards to best adviser, best practice of the year and rising star at a ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. McPhail HLG Financial Planning director and adviser Anne Graham was awarded Adviser of the Year, while the Practice of the ...

Indigenous super on Canberra agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... funds, government agencies and indigenous Australians will be a priority when a working group meets with politicians in Canberra this week. Members of the Indigenous Superannuation Working Group will meet with both Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... Responsible Investing (PRI), stated the estimated divestment figure during a speech she gave to a Women In Super luncheon in Canberra on Friday. "But the issue is not about divestment as a goal in itself, it's about how do you get companies and consumers ...

ACT government fund appoints First State Super

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... region we now have in excess of 32,000 members with more than $1.5 billion in retirement savings," he said. "Our local Canberra office has both financial planning and business development staff and our team will continue to expand in response to members' ...

Sydney house prices up 5-times national average

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... months to March 2015 the ABS reported Sydney prices to be up 13% compared to 5% for Melbourne, 4% for Brisbane, 3% for Canberra, 2% for Adelaide and Hobart, with prices flat in Perth and Darwin. The ABS estimates the total value of Australia's 9.5 million ...

PROFILE: EISS chief executive Alex Hutchison

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... pursue a career with the Australian Federal Police. He worked across various roles, from general uniformed duties in Canberra to plain clothes policing working on major drugs and fraud crime. "I never thought I'd leave the police because it was a great ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... Monday, Reserve Bank assistant governor (economic) Christopher Kent give a speech to the Australian National University in Canberra. In equities news, grocery retailer Metcash releases its full year results. In Australia, the market on Friday followed ...

TASA breach costs business $900,000

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... (TASA) that all financial advisers need to comply with. The Federal Court of Australia ruled against Peter Kolya and his Canberra-based business HP Kolya because they were not registered tax agents. Between August 2011 and August 2013 the business lodged ...

Lawyer slams NAB compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... claims of an independent review process were questioned by the Senate Economics Committee during aA public hearing in Canberra as part of the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry. However, following the bank's appointment of Kingsford Smith, Committee ...

NAB upgrades advice compensation program

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... process have been questioned in the past, most recently by the Senate Economics Committee during a public hearing in Canberra as part of the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry. Committee chair and Labor Senator Sam Dastyari told NAB chief executive ...