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Former adviser faces fraud charges

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... relation to financial services. According to ASIC, Brown fraudulently withdrew a total of $600,000 from five of his client's accounts, including forging one client's signature on a falsified withdrawal request, to use the funds for his own personal use. ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

Disability trust comes with caveat

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... or critical illness insurance then they are also financially protected." However, an adviser must be aware of how any accounts or funds may affect the disabled individual qualification to receive a Centrelink Assets Test exemption of up to $563,250 (annually ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... purposes there would also be a price to pay in terms of economic growth. According to the latest Australian National Accounts, Queensland accounted for 19.6 per cent of the nation's total output in fiscal year 2009/2010. NSW made up 30.5 per cent and ...

Lift the bar on default funds: ISN

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The Industry Super Network has called for workers' accounts not to be automatically "flipped" to more costly funds upon changing jobs - and for stricter employer guidelines when selecting workplace default funds. In its latest briefing note, ISN put ...

Praemium plans Australian Sharia service

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... new year with discussions already under way. "There is interest in Sharia investments globally, and separately managed accounts (SMA) are particularly well suited due to their transparency," said Arthur Naoumidis, managing director of Praemium. This ...

ASIC bans adviser for misleading conduct

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... "misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to the transfer of funds from Tran's company, Nirvana Shares Pty Ltd, to client accounts," said the ASIC release. Tran is not able to provide financial services after ASIC found her actions went against financial ...

CFD newcomer backs tighter ASIC rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... said its key difference from other CFD sources include mandatory stop-losses on all open trades, fully segregated client accounts, unlimited demo site, customer suitability testing and clear and comprehensive risk warnings. Coinciding with this rising ...

Planners select HUB24

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
The managed accounts sector wins a fresh batch of advocates after unified managed accounts provider HUB24 signed five dealer groups, representing $650 million in assets, to its UMA platform. The dealer groups, some using managed accounts for the first ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... They're not the only ones. We're not going to be left out. I speak of course about recent reports that Australia's National Accounts would show that the economy slowed sharply in the third quarter when the ABS releases its estimates next week. The Australian ...