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New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... recently by the polemic changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law and by the Senate inquiry to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The program is expected to unveil the practices of rogue financial advisers within ...

Platform error forces NAB to pay further compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... investment income allocated to their account. The bank's wealth management arm reported the mistake to the Australian Securities and Investment Commissions (ASIC), which recommended the appointment of an independent expert to conduct a review. PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... (ABS) releases building approvals for March, while the ANZ job advertisements series for April is due out, as is TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, also for April and the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index ...

IOSCO recommends improved disclosure for direct products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... The growth of directly distributed financial products has pushed a Joint Forum of the International Organisation of Securities Organisations (IOSCO) to call for improved global regulation and disclosure standards for products sold this way. In Australia ...

Macquarie Bank names managing director

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... executive in October 2011 and was subsequently appointed head of BFS in May 2013. In an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) the bank said Reemst's appointment allows Ward to continue to lead and build on opportunities he sees for ...

YBR adds 13 branches to its network

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... branch in Melbourne CBD. YBR highlighted an increase in advice accreditations in its quarterly report to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The group has given so far 70 accreditations for credit and personal advice, 37 for credit and general ...

CFS launches range of SMAs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... investment funds. "While it's a managed investment scheme, clients get the benefit of the tax positions on those listed securities as if they held them themselves," he said, adding: "Another benefit is that it allows very quick time to market for implementation ...

ANZ wealth division profits up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... profit has contributed to the banking group's strong overall half-year result. In an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), the group reported a 15% climb in statutory profit to $3.4 billion compared to the previous corresponding period. ...

Virgin Money cops fine for misleading direct insurance ads

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... been forced to pay $30,600 in penalties after some of its advertisements fell foul of the regulator. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) issued three infringement notices for misleading online and television advertising, with ...

OneVue pitches Managed Accounts to industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... Investment options which are low cost quasi-platform solutions that provide access to choices that generally include securities listed on the ASX200, selected Exchange Traded Funds and Term Deposits. However, very few include Model Portfolios, solutions ...