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New mortgage platform to offer top commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
The heat may be on financial advisers to remove incentive payments and prove they are acting in the best interests of their clients, but for mortgage brokers untouched by these reforms it's business as usual. Licensed Finance Brokers of Australia (LFBA) ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Shadforth Financial Group has created a team to focus solely on buying other financial planning practice books ahead of the expected regulatory changes that could result in a number of planners leaving the industry. Tony Fenning, head of Shadforth Financial ...

AMP hires planner recruitment head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
AMP Horizons Financial Planning Academy has appointed former RSP Recruitment Australia director Julia Byrne as its new head of planner recruitment. Byrne assumed the new role on 11 May and reports directly to AMP Horizons director Tim Steele as a member ...

Hermes appoints ex-Fortis chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Hermes Fund Managers has appointed former Fortis Investments chief executive, Ian Manton-Hall, as director, Hermes Fund Managers Australia. Manton-Hall joins Hermes from Fortis Investments (previously ABN Asset Management), where he was CEO, Australia. ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
If I didn't know better, I would think that the Australian Treasury Secretary's name is Henry Review instead of Dr. Ken Henry. Look around you...pick up a paper...click on a mouse, and you're sure to find Dr. Ken Henry Tax Review splattered across the ...

NAB/AXA merger not anti-competitive: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
Researcher Roy Morgan joins the chorus of dissenting voices on ACCC's reasons for blocking the NAB bid for AXA, releasing a report that shows a combined NAB/AXA or AMP/AXA would have the same impact on industry competition. Roy Morgan Research said ...

Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Do you know what Moses did when God handed him the Ten Commandments? He squatted beside the burning bush, placed both hands on his face and cried, "Rules, rules, rules... too many rules!" But unlike Moses, America's biggest banks are not squatting and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... million of August 13, 2010, Treasury notes, and $300 million of September 10, 2010, Treasury notes. In companies news, Coles owner Wesfarmers releases third quarter retail sales data, and Iluka Resources releases its March quarter production and exploration ...

AustralianSuper pours $200m into Northcape Capital

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
AustralianSuper has recently invested $200 million with specialist Australian small-caps fund manager Northcape Capital. This will bring AustralianSuper's weighting in small-caps to approximately 8.5 per cent of its Australian equities portfolio. Mark ...

Social Impact Property fund takes wings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
Investors looking for property investments while giving back to the community at the same time should consider the newly launched Social Impact Property Fund. The SIPF was launched as part of Social Investments Australia (SIA), and aims to provide wholesale ...