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IOOF profits soar despite difficult times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Diversified financial group IOOF has reported statutory net profits after tax have risen by 28.4% to $99.5 million in its annual results released today. Chris Kelaher, managing director of IOOF, said it was a very pleasing result and had come despite ...

iPac buys $230m SA planning practice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Wealth management firm iPac has bought a $230 million Adelaide-based planning practice, growing the funds under management of its South Australian arm to more than $1.2 billion. Financial advisory firm Intervest Holdings has taken its team of six financial ...

Planning practices will sell on earnings not revenue after opt-in

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Financial advisors need to improve their earnings not their revenues if they want to sell their businesses, a strategic advisory firm has said. Hunts' Group Consulting, which gives strategic growth advice to the wealth management industry, knows how ...

Fraud firm masquerades as financial advisors: ASIC alert

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning on a fraudulent financial advisory firm. ASIC has shut down Frontline Financial Planning's website which posted the Australian company number and Australian financial services ...

Help for advisers with super death tax impact on SMSFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... for clients," he said. Attendees of the webinar will earn accredited SPAA CPD points. The event is free for financial advisor members of the SMSF Academy, but non-members would be charged $77. For more information see the SMSF Academy website.

SPAA calls for fraud net to be cast wider

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association has called for greater investor protection against fraudulent investment schemes, proposing a levy on all product providers. SPAA is urging broader reforms around insurance and compensation measures ...

Star hire strengthens IOOF adviser drive

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... the independent financial advisory market. "We saw it as an opportunity to get someone with some independent financial advisor experience and some valuable experience from our competitors being MLC and Aviva," he said. Mota said the move would give IOOF ...

Australia ahead of pack in IT wealth spend

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
The wealth management industry in Australia and the Asia Pacific is set to outpace the rest of the world in IT investment over the next four years as the need for enhanced internet services and compliance technology fuels spending. According to technology ...

No alarms as Bell profits fall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Bell Financial Group attributed a 24% dip in after tax net profit to one-off non-cash losses associated with the disposal of options held within subsidiary Southern Cross Equities. Bell reported unaudited net profit after tax of $6.3 million for the ...

Class Super adds actuarial SMSF service

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Self managed super fund administration provider Class Super is using cloud computing to offer automated actuarial certificate data transfers for SMSF clients. Class Super, developed by Class Financial Systems, said it will provide real time access to ...