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Russell appoints Mercer COO to head insto business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Former Russell Investments assistant director of product and current Mercer COO for the Pacific region, Jodie Hampshire, has returned to the firm as its new head of institutional business in Australia. Hampshire joined Russell in 2000 and held a number ...

ATO to clamp down on multinationals and trusts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will increase it audits and risk reviews on multinational companies and trusts as part of a strategy to combat tax crime and profit shifting to overseas havens. The ATO has released it Compliance in focus program ...

Clients want a "social" relationship with advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
More than half of adviser clients would like to communicate with their adviser via social media platforms, LinkedIn's Sascha Ambrose told the audience at the first day of the AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit in Melbourne. According to Ambrose, 73% of ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Australian financial services firm Macquarie Group is the world's largest investor in alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the ...

ASIC bans Gateway Financial adviser permanently

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a former Gateway Financial adviser, which is an authorised representative of Titanium Planners. Joshua John Doyle from Bradbury, New South Wales, has been permanently ...

Banks missing super cross-selling opportunities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Only one in 10 in bank customers have their personal super with their bank, showing that banks are missing a huge cross-selling opportunity. Roy Morgan Research has just released a report that shows that only than 10.4% of the personal customers of ...

Adviser uses dead people to earn commission

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a Sydney financial adviser for using the names of dead and non-existent people to earn commissions on insurance applications. Pavan Vyas, an employee of Lionsgate Financial ...

HUB24 platform adds two dealer groups

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Investorfirst has added two new independent dealers to its HUB24 investment platform, which now has 42 financial planning groups. Melbourne-based Unison Financial Group and Sydney-based New World Financial Advisers have been the latest dealer groups ...

Westpac launches tailored info service for online investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Westpac Online Investing has launched a new tailored information service in response to investors' demand for better research tools and stock-picking recommendations. Described as an "Australian first", the 'Daily Share Tracker' will be delivered to ...

ISN welcomes new National Infrastructure Plan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has welcomed the release of Infrastructure Australia's National Infrastructure Plan, saying it will increase private investment opportunities in infrastructure - in particular for industry superannuation funds. The aim ...