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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street made modest gains but European bourses fell amid nervousness over possible action against Syria. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up one point ...

Banned adviser faces jail time over 'tombstoning'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
A former financial adviser has pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct after using dead people's documents and fictitious clients to increase his revenue. The practice is known as 'tombstoning' and this time it was Pavan Vyas, former adviser from Lionsgate ...

Too much super diverted to pay personal debt: CPA report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
Australia's superannuation policy is at risk of failing unless laws are introduced to quarantine savings for actual retirement income streams, warns CPA Australia in a major new report released to coincide with the 2013 federal election. Alex Malley ...

Rudd promises to expand Super Clearing House

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will extend the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House service to businesses with fewer than 100 employees if he is re-elected. Currently the service is only open to businesses with 19 or fewer employees. ...

Legg Mason appoints former Deutsche Bank exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
Legg Mason Australian Equities (LMAE) has appointed William Baylis as multi strategy portfolio manager. Baylis is Deutsche Bank's former director, institutional equities, a role he held until September 2012. He was at Deutsche bank for 16 years, and ...

Wealthsure adviser guilty to criminal charges

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
Former WealthSure financial adviser has pleaded guilty to 22 criminal charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Appearing in the Sydney District Court, Brian William Veitch, formerly of Minto, New South ...

Trading platform bids to raise industry transparency standards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
A new initiative calling on all financial services firms to boost transparency has been launched by online trading specialist Saxo Capital Markets Australia (Saxo). Saxo will send a quarterly review to all its clients to check between clients' trading ...

SMSF contributions down 25%, AMP survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) contributions fell by $12,300 the 2012-13 financial year, according to the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey June 2013. Multiport, an SMSF administrator and subsidiary of AMP, surveyed 1,950 of its client ...

Instreet expands online presence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Boutique structured product provider Instreet has become the latest financial services firm to join the industry social media and mobile technology revolution, upgrading its website and shifting its focus to engage more actively with the online community. ...

Planners Best Practice Awards closing soon

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013