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Tyndall share fund wins four stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund has been given a four star "new" rating by ratings house Standard & Poor's. According to S&P's, the Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund which is a new product designed by Tyndall Investment Management Ltd. to ...

Aviva and Legg Mason hire more BDMs

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Aviva hired Adam Tyley and Davina Poletto as business development managers while Legg Mason appointed Lia Gunawan to a similar role. Tyley returns to Aviva after travelling around Europe. Before his stint at Aviva, Tyley worked at Professional Investment ...

National clearing house shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
As the government moves closer to firming up its plans for how to deliver its national superannuation clearing house, new models are emerging regarding how it could be done. In the May Budget last year, the Rudd government announced it had allocated ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Modern-day insurance bonds are now catching the eyes of advisers as the sector revamps itself with more specialist investment options. According to Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, insurance bonds are no longer ...

Future2 calls for bushfire donations

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
The Future2 Foundation has launched an appeal for the victims of the Victorian bushfires and is calling the financial planning industry to give generously. The appeal will be promoted to all 12,000 Financial Planning Association (FPA) members in a newsletter. ...

FPA stops "highly offensive" ads

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has obtained a Federal Court injunction stopping Bannister Mansfield Financial Services and the firm's director from publishing ads featuring the FPA. The FPA's solicitors asked Bannister Mansfield Financial ...

Online super reclaims lost accounts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Online super fund, individuum has managed to find the lost super accounts for roughly 20 per cent of its membership. The IOOF-owned super fund's administration personnel search for new members lost super roughly on a monthly basis using the Australian ...

Regnan adds to governance team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) specialist, Regnan has appointed former CGI Glass Lewis executive, Pru Bennett as head of the firm's governance division. Prior to the appointment, Bennett spent 12 years at research firm CGI Glass Lewis. Regnan ...

ASIC blocks $2m Storm bonus

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained a court order preventing a payment of $2 million from Storm Financial to a bank account in which is held by Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis. The sum was transferred from a Storm ...

Whistleblower wanted

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
The FPA is rethinking how it investigates financial planning firms in the wake of the Storm scandal and urges its members to speak out more against unprofessional or unethical behaviour in the industry. Speaking from Townsville, Queensland, FPA chief ...