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ASIC cracks down on CFD trading

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
ASIC has turned its attention to over-the-counter contracts for difference (CFDs), and is calling for improved product disclosure to help retail investors understand the highly leveraged derivative products they trade. The corporate regulator released ...

Fee-for-service products gain pace

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
With the deadline for proposed fee-for-service regulation closing in, new planning products and services are being launched to help planners handle the transition.E&W Strategic Partners, a boutique business strategy and improvement consultancy, has ...

MLC and HIP partner in insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
MLC Group Insurance has partnered with Health Industry Plan (HIP) to develop group insurance enhancements for the fund's members, including a 20 per cent rise in death cover benefits. The new partnership will see HIP members receive an increase of death ...

Net tightens around share trading: ASIC

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The financial services watchdog, which yesterday released a consultation package on a new regulatory framework for the shares market, said it is "well-prepared" to start regulating multi-market activity, while boosting competition in equity exchange ...

Adviser sentenced to 8yrs imprisonment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
A former financial adviser receives a jail sentence after pleading guilty to 13 fraud charges following an ASIC investigation. Neil Francis Dodd was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in Townsville's District Court after an ASIC investigation concluded ...

Bottoms up

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... "Over the long-term, the biggest driver of a stock's performance is how much profit it makes," said Didier Lenouvel, associate director of global equities at Fidelity Investment Managers in London. "There is only so much influence a host country can ...

AMP, AXA and CFS planners choose own super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
AMP, AXA and Colonial First State planners channel the most sales into their parent firms' superannuation products out of six major planning groups, new research shows. According to new figures from Roy Morgan, which researched nearly 5,700 super products ...

PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
The $1.6 billion Professional Associations Super has poured $80 million into two direct property mandates and re-allocated $75 million from global bonds to Australian bonds. Paul Kessell, the fund's chief investment officer, said he was not able to ...

FSP hires Mercer and AMP managers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... and paraplanning manager. She replaces Gary Weiss, who who takes on the newly created role of sales and development associate within FSP. Weiss moved on to the firm's sales team after two years in the technical and paraplanning role. Meanwhile, FSP has ...

AAT upholds ASIC adviser ban

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld ASIC's decision to ban Joshua David Fuoco from providing financial services for five years, after he engaged in deceptive conduct, including providing defective documents to clients. ASIC banned Fuoco from ...