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LT Management fined over false SMSF advertising

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
LT Management has paid an infringement notice for making misleading statements in relation to establishing a self-managed superannuation fund. The company was fined $10,800 by ASIC for deceptive representations in regards to the cost of setting up an ...

CBA innovates to help customers avoid late fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
The Commonwealth Bank has launched two new bill paying solutions, available via its CommBank app and NetBank. The 'Better Bill Experience' and 'Photo-a-bill' features went live today as a means of assisting customers in managing their bills and avoiding ...

Super SA appoints two board members

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
The South Australian government has appointed two members to the Super SA board. Annette Hurley joins Super SA's board having been a federal senator for South Australia between 2005 and 2011. She was deputy leader of the South Australian Labor Party ...

ASIC bans fraudulent adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
ASIC permanently banned a financial adviser after he was sentenced and imprisoned for fraud charges. Sandeep Madhoji is permanently banned from providing financial services or engaging in credit activity following the successful prosecution of the Queensland ...

Report outlines impact of MDA operation reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
MDA operator Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) has released a white paper detailing the potential consequences of pending regulatory reform to the operation of managed accounts. The report, entitled 'The limited discretion clock is ticking', highlights ...

Senior staff changes at RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
The Reserve Bank of Australia is restructuring, seeing a number of internal moves and one retirement. Current assistant governor, economic, Christopher Kent has been appointed assistant governor, financial markets; a role made vacant following Guy Debelle's ...

ASIC hands down permanent and four year bans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a company director and has banned an alternative investment manager and director for four years. Steven Hill was permanently banned from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services after an ASIC investigation ...

Advice clients need greater clarity on fees: survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Financial advisers consistently misjudge their clients' understanding of advisory fee structures, thereby harming their own businesses, according to an industry survey. This is the key finding from a paper released by State Street Global Advisors' SPDR ...

Robeco Boston Partners finding value in the "three circles"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
The value of a business in the global investable universe can be reduced to "three circles," according to Robeco Boston Partners portfolio manager Joshua Jones. In Sydney to discuss Robeco's Boston Partners Global Premium Equities Fund, Jones described ...

Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Younger Australians, those aged 18-29, plan to invest more than their older counterparts, according to the MLC Q2 Wealth Behaviour Survey; the problem is they're not planning to invest in their superannuation. The quarterly survey of more than 2,000 ...