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How to put the sizzle back into finance: Grad Mentor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
Practice principals need to realise that finance is no longer the 'sexy' career prospect it used to be so more needs to be done to attract, develop and retain new recruits. Addressing delegates during the sold-out Professional Practice Workshop at the ...

ASIC bans former AMP adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
A former authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning has received an eight year ban after engaging in misleading conduct. James McCarthy of South Australia has been banned from providing financial services until 14 November 2024. He is the sole ...

JPMorgan Chase to pay bribery fines

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
JPMorgan Chase & Co has agreed to pay more than US$130 million to settle charges brought against it by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after winning business from clients and corruptly influencing government officials in Asia Pacific by ...

Misaligned expectations advisers' biggest threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
The misalignment of investor and adviser expectations is one of the greatest threats facing financial advisers around the world, according to research from Natixis Global Asset Management. Comparison between the Natixis Individual Investor Survey and ...

SMSF auditor's appeal upheld

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has overturned an ASIC decision to disqualify an SMSF auditor. In October 2015, Manoj Abichandani was disqualified as an SMSF auditor following allegations from ASIC that he tried to mislead the regulator with untruthful ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
Japan GDP Preliminary estimates of Japan's third quarter economy provided a positive surprise. Japanese real GDP growth accelerated to a quarterly rate of 0.5% in the three months to September from 0.2% in the June quarter and more than double market ...

PC to deliver Super 2.0: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
FSC chief executive Sally Loane said the Productivity Commission review into the super system should deliver the "next generation of superannuation." Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference, Loane said she meant ...

Company director jailed after mishandling funds

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
A former Gold Coast company director has been jailed for four years after he pleaded guilty to mishandling millions of dollars of company funds. Frederick Hansen pleaded guilty in the Southport District Court to two counts of dishonestly using his position ...

How advisers are managing US election concerns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
Investment updates, meetings and phone calls will be the order of the day for financial advisers as their clients worry about what the US election-driven market turbulence means to them. Fitzpatricks Private Wealth senior financial adviser Leonard Gennusa ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
Donald Trump - the "misogynist", the "sexual predator", the "racist", the "lying cheat", the "clown", the "narcissist", "the most hated man in America" is now President-elect of America. No one, or so it seems, like him. Not the media - mainstream and ...