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Advisers go mobile with Macquarie

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
Financial advisers using Macquarie Adviser Services will now be able to gain secure access to clients' accounts on the move, with the launch of a new mobile version of the Macquarie Access online portal. Macquarie Access Mobile will also enable advisers ...

Former financial adviser gets three years jail time

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
A former Sydney financial adviser has been jailed for three years on six fraud charges. Alan Leslie Brown of Lugarno pleaded guilty in May to one count of obtaining money by deception, one count of using a false instrument and four counts of dishonest ...

IMAs not a product but a business model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
Managed accounts should not be viewed as yet another product but a whole new business model that could help make advisers future-proof, according to Financial Simplicity's Stuart Holdsworth. Holdsworth said managed accounts, and especially individually ...

OneVue eyes insto investor for global growth

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
Platform provider OneVue will select an institutionally aligned minority shareholder to join the OneVue Holdings register by February 2012, the group has announced. OneVue chief executive Connie McKeage said as part of the decision OneVue had taken ...

Chi-X and ASX go head to head

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
Chi-X Australia, the Australian stock exchange's first competitor and the country's first foreign-owned stock exchange operator, opened for business with a 'soft launch' today. Once this initial phase is completed, Chi-X will then move from trading ...

Super strategy needed for retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
Relying on a transition to retirement strategy is not enough, with a new approach to superannuation and changing income needs required to address a lack of understanding in super savings options, said an advice firm. According to Michael Hutton, wealth ...

Zurich launches Android app

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Australian life insurer Zurich has launched an Android app, which the company said reflects the growing number of smartphones and tablets using the Android platform. The app is an Android version of LifeXpress Mobile, Zurich's quoting and field underwriting ...

Asia growth to transform business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
Australian investors need to move on from just talking about China and India's economic rise and start gaming out what it specifically means for their portfolios and what the business threats and opportunities will be. Dr Anil K. Gupta, an emerging ...

NGS Super launches social media strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
NGS Super has joined the social media rush, launching an integrated social media strategy across a number of platforms including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Using this range of social media channels, NGS Super has released a new digital communication ...

ASFA warns against using super to buy homes

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned against making any changes to the superannuation system to help young people get a foot on the property ladder. It follows recent calls from head of Lateral Economics, Nicholas Gruen, to ...