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NAB sued over financial advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... portfolio into the Multiplex European Property Trust and the illiquid Pengana Credo European Property Trust, according to law firm Slater & Gordon. They then lost $1.7 million in the global financial crisis. The couple claim they told the planner that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... led the way, up 10.5c to 237.5 as shareholders' hopes that the company may be able to be split later this year rose after law changes to enable the ultrafast broadband project made progress in Parliament.

Get on your bike for charity

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The 2011 BT Future2 Wheel Classic has opened for registrations and the gauntlet has been thrown down. With a target of $100,000, there are plenty of opportunities for the industry to get involved. The 2011 BT Future2 Wheel Classic will see participants ...

Asgard upgrades eWrap

Asgard has released an extensive range of new features for its eWRAP platform designed to drive greater productivity and profitability by helping advisers to deliver more customised advice for more clients in less time. The enhancements include simplified ...

UniSuper keen to boost after-tax returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... Research submitted to the Cooper Super System Review by Gordon Mackenzie of the Australian School of Taxation and Business law at the University of New South Wales (ATAX), found that understanding the tax implications of investment decisions at the time ...

Signature scam adviser banned for life: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... representative of ASANDAS until 2009, ASIC said. Litigation funder IMF Australia is backing a Supreme Court bid by Perth-based law firm Solomon Brothers on behalf of the alleged victim, Edwin Smith, 72. IMF Australian spokesman Paul Rainford said the ...

Super insurance simplified for funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... to the extent that it provides cover that fits the legal definition of "disability superannuation benefit" as stated in tax law. Where broader insurance cover is provided, super funds need an actuary's certificate to work out the deductible portion of ...

Super crime loophole to snap shut

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... Federal Government wants the power to seize superannuation money that it says was funded by crime and is seeking to change the law. The rule change could affect millions of dollars worth of superannuation assets across the country. At present, superannuation ...

Fraud adviser banned for life

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Financial adviser Robert Owen Bean has been banned for life for stealing more than $3 million from his clients over seven years, some of which he used for his own personal benefit, ASIC said today. Bean had been a securities representative and authorised ...

Timbercorp trio face the music

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Failed agribusiness Timbercorp's former directors must today face a class-action suit filed against them in 2009 by more than 2000 investors in the Supreme Court. The investors have made allegations of conflicts of interest, breaches of directors' duties ...