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Financial adviser sentenced on fraud charges

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... Binma which operates the North Sydney firm Noall & Co and was an authorised representative of Professional Investment Services. The Court found that between March 2008 and August 2008 Hobson misappropriated $307,000 and attempted to misappropriate $120,000 ...

SWFs have liabilities to manage too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... that such solutions would actually suit their needs. Illustrating this gap between SWF requirements and the investment services they are being offered, a survey conducted by the EDHEC Risk Institute and Deutsche Bank found that 89% of the sovereign investment ...

PIS names new risk manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Steve Quine will be Professional Investment Services' new manager for risk and professional standards, reporting directly to chief executive Pete Walther. Quine was most recently head of professional standards at Financial Services Partners for three ...

PIS contracts Zenith for product and research review

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Professional Investment Services has signed up Zenith Investment Partners to carry out an annual review of its approved product list and internal research process. Zenith will also take part in Professional Investment Services (PIS) investment committee ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... allocations to cash as a long term risk reduction strategy," said Patricia Curtin managing director, retail investment services at Russell Investments. According to the report, SMSFs are also attracting a younger demographic. Some 13.7% of Generation ...

CFSGAM secures $1.3 billion UniSuper mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... balance outcomes with appropriate research, risk and portfolio management processes to deliver a full suite of investment services." CFSGAM, which is the asset management division of Commonwealth Bank, manages around $25 billion in fixed interest and ...

MLC earns health insurance advice mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
MLC Implemented Consulting has been appointed by Teachers Federation Health to provide tailored investment services and advice. Teachers Federation Health (TFH), which has over $200 million of assets under advice, joins fellow insurers HCF and nib in ...

Super assets soar with 17% annual growth rate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... multi-faceted nature of risk within our increasingly precarious financial systems," said Graeme Miller, director of investment services, Australia for Towers Watson. "At the same time, risk management processes have evolved somewhat to factor in more ...

OneVue to build consumer platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... McKeage said OneVue said the new platform was testament to the AMA's desire to ensure that the best web-based investment services were available to its members.

ASIC achieves settlement for Westpoint investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... companies. Successful claims were made against companies including KPMG, Masu Financial Management, Professional Investment Services and State Trustees Ltd.