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Adviser pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Former financial adviser Susan Heathwood has pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct on two accounts by falsifying insurance applications in order to collect commissions. The ex adviser pleaded guilty on two counts in Downing Centre Local Court yesterday ...

CFS upgrades its FirstWrap Platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... cumbersome administration. First introduced into Colonial First State's FirstChoice platform in February 2011, e-Post now accounts for more than 22 per cent of all administration requests on FirstChoice. Next month, Colonial First State will be rolling ...

CommInsure adds to restructured advice team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... has added to its newly restructured retail advice distribution team with the appointment of Ben Bancroft as national accounts manager. Tony Smith, former head of national accounts departed CommInsure for ClearView Wealth in February, prompting a reshuffle. ...

Russell launches mini iQ platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... additional layers of fees," Peck added. Russell iQ Investments charges no additional administration or platform fees for accounts exceeding the minimum investment amount of $20,000. The removal of these additional fees means investors in Russell iQ Investments ...

ASIC winds up unregistered managed investment scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... superannuation funds, in 2007 and 2008 ASIC secured the return to Australia of more than $20 million located in overseas trading accounts which ASIC says belonged to investors in Master Fund and 13 other schemes not registered with ASIC. ASIC had that ...

Three more days of guessing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... concrete and comprehensive solution. But it must be said that a pro-bailout win doesn't in any way improve the dour fiscal accounts of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. The hope is that a positive result in Sunday's Greek elections would buy ...

PPM moves to meet IMA demand

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... Managers has appointed Andrew Beirne to its team in anticipation of continued growth in demand for individually managed accounts among family offices, charities and wealthy individuals. "Investors are increasingly rejecting managed funds in favour of ...

Former Lonsec director charged with insider trading

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Clean Seas as follows: On 1 and 23 February 2010, Graham disposed of a total of 286,407 shares across various related accounts at a time when he had inside information relating to Clean Seas' kingfish growth and its financial results. Between 12 and ...

Super FUM up 3.6pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Behind them are industry funds with 19%, public sector funds with 16% and corporates with just 5%. Retirement Saving Accounts, in contrast, remain a solution in search of a problem coming in at a miserly $1.7 billion or a miniscule 0.4% of the retail ...

Local DMA providers hit back

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... all the rights that go with it also disappear." "In an ideal world it would be great to have our money in segregated accounts, but there are costs there, and so they [DMA providers] keep their costs down by using client's funds. Most definitely, traders ...