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FPA broadens entry to CFP

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has broadened its entry criteria into the certified planner program in what it said is an effort to raise standards at a time when the industry's professionalism is coming under greater scrutiny. As of 1 January  ...

Max Super to go max Direct with investment funds

Incumbent financial services providers will face a new threat early next year when online super fund max Super launches its own branded investment funds, to be called max Direct. Co-founder and chief executive of max Super, Andrew Barlow, said the group ...

AMP caught on conflicts

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has been pulled up by the regulator for giving 300 clients unnecessary or inadequate super switching advice and having inadequate conflicts of interest procedures in place. Only months after the regulator's shadow shopping ...

First Capital and Explorer to launch SMSF wrap 'OzSuper'

ASX listed finance group First Capital is set to acquire separately managed account (SMA) provider Explorer Group for $14.6 million and launch what it claims is the first self-managed super fund (SMSF) wrap in the country. Through the acquisition, First ...

NAB FX pair get six years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
Two of the former National Australia Bank (NAB) foreign currency traders embroiled in the high profile foreign currency trading scandal were yesterday sentenced to a combined six years in jail. David Bullen faced 18 charges relating to his actions in ...

MacarthurCook and JF Meridian trade $32m Canberra property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
MacarthurCook Funds Management has bought into Canberra's hot commercial property market, taking on a $32 million property from JF Meridian Management Limited. Andrew Butler, JFM director, said, "We have added significant value to the asset with our ...

Asset Super boost insurance and appoint MLC

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2006
Asset super's board have awarded their insurance mandate to MLC, in a move away from their current manager, Tower Life. The move, which will also usher in increased cover being offered to members as high as 50 per cent above their current insurance ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
The almost simultaneous interest rate hikes by six central banks over the past two days drive home the point that rising inflation is a global problem. The move towards tighter monetary policy started with a surprise 175 basis point rate hike by the ...

Mercer breaks into retail MTM

Mercer Global Investment (MGI) announces its arrival into the retail multi-manager (MTM) market space this week after carving its reputation in institutional MTM 10 years ago. Head of MGI Australia and New Zealand, Gary Burke, said that the $78 billion ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
US financial markets took a beating overnight with the stock market, the bond market and the US dollar all retreating. The S&P 500 index fell by 1.8 per cent - the worst performance since January 20, the Dow Jones average fell by a similar 1.8 per cent ...