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SYD restructure heats up global pension fund battle

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013

AFS advisers question payment model

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... 2013, but fund managers have kept pouring money into it and it is now estimated to hold over $1.9 million. Financial services law firm Holley Nethercote, which represents former AFS advisers, was pessimistic about the situation. In a letter to advisers ...

Macquarie and Storm victims settlement "wrong": Court

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... and reasonable" because it compensated the Funding Group Members, who brought the class action and who are represented by law firm Levitt Robinson. "The provision for the Funders' Premium afforded an unfair advantage to the Funding Group Members at the ...

Law firm acquires wealth management business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Listed law firm ILH Group has expanded into wealth management with the acquisition of Capricorn Investment Partners (CIPL). In acquiring the corporate advisory and wealth management firm, ILH will also acquire Melbourne-based boutique asset management ...

ASIC takes action against diamond trading scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has started legal action against what could be an elaborate diamond trading scheme designed to avoid the operation of the consumer credit laws. ASIC filed proceedings in the Federal Court in ...

WiBF appoints first CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013

Super flushed 'down the drain' by illiterate investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

Advisers warned to check pension start dates after new ruling

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Advisers have been warned to pay closer attention to pension start dates following a tax office ruling explaining when a superannuation income stream commences and when it ceases, and consequently when a superannuation income stream is payable and taxable. ...

Advice firms start to launch in post-FoFA regime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The financial services industry is starting to see the first advice firms launching after the start of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation and while the process is more rigorous now, newcomers have the advantage of being fully-compliant ...

ASFA calls for clarity on Labor's super law freeze

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has called on the government to clarify whether the announced but yet-to-be-legislated superannuation reforms will be dropped as part of Labor's promise of a five-year super tax freeze. ASFA chief ...