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STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... problems to strategists from Step Change Marketing and see them solved live on stage in nine minutes or less. Rainmaker talent Alex Dunnin, Maggie Callinan and John Dyall will also be addressing the latest issues within superannuation, advice and investment. ...

NAB appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
NAB has appointed Ken Henry AC as its new chairman. Henry will succeed Michael Chaney AO, who will retire at the bank's annual general meeting in December. Henry has been on NAB's board since November 2011. Previously he was Secretary of the Commonwealth ...

ASIC cancels Sydney broker licence

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
ASIC has banned a Sydney broker for three years after it found she had been operating outside the bounds of her credit licence. Under the licence's terms, Siv Lim, working as an independent contractor for Audi Parramatta, was not permitted to assist ...

ASIC developing regulatory guide for advice remediation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
ASIC has announced it is developing a regulatory guide for advice remediation programs for Australian financial services licensees. The regulator has participated in numerous advice review programs for major financial advice institutions, most notably ...

Spring FG acquires Brisbane apartment management rights

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
As part of its new real estate asset management division, Spring FG has acquired management rights for Devine Limited's Mode Apartments development in Newstead, Brisbane. The complex comprises 157 apartments and is due to be completed in mid-2016. For ...

FTSE appoints AU/NZ director

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
Global index provider FTSE has appointed a new director for Australia and New Zealand. Previously an executive director at MSCI, Justin Walsh will assist in expanding the product analytics and research, client distribution, client services and marketing ...

Advice industry faces insurance quandary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... 'mainstream' investment advice) can become very expensive for independent practices. My Dealer Services business manager Alex Euvrard said: "We have found that an adviser's business model that deviates a little bit from the vanilla offering has resulted ...

CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Ahead of its post-budget forum on June 2, the Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes has identified key issues with Australia's superannuation system in its FSI submission. According to CSRI's statement, the submission "identified as a priority ...

Australian advisers court Chinese investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
The Asia Pacific Stock Exchange has partnered with AIMS Financial Group to host 200 Australian financial advisers in China in a series of meetings with Chinese investors, institutions and regulators. The advisers, sourced from the Association of Independently ...

Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... dividend paying stocks. The fund is managed by Henderson's global equity income team, led by head of global equity income Alex Crooke, and it excludes Australian stocks in a bid to maximise diversification for Australian investors. The fund will typically ...