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Half of adviser practices in poor health: Securitor

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
... same in the next 12 months, with 36% looking to increase their solutions. Only 28% of practices offer staff incentives or a bonus program and less than 41% of businesses have a technical development program. "All these findings point to creating other ...

Brett Kenny joins SPAA board

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... year, with many of these involving tax, accountancy and auditing issues, so Brett's knowledge in these fields will be a bonus to the board." Kenny said: "It was a great privilege to be asked to join the SPAA board, and I look forward to having input ...

Bogus super fund a wake-up call for investors: ASIC

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... recommending consumers switch their Superannuation to Swiss Private, offering a 20% per annum guaranteed return and a $500 rollover bonus. Swiss Private is not a Registrable Superannuation Entity Licensee for Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Financial service execs earn big bucks

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
The financial services industry's top executives continue to be among the best paid professionals, according to the Australian Financial Review's latest executive salary report. Unsurprisingly, Big Four bank bosses feature prominently high up the list ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Fund managers must be held to account just like financial planners, says The Financial Planning Association's Dante De Gori. Research from State Street published yesterday showed that less than half of Australian's believed advisers acted in the best ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... cut could mitigate - if not completely - reverse the upward pressure on the domestic currency. This will have the added bonus of boosting business confidence, especially those operating in exports and import-competing industries. Speaking of business ...

CEO bonuses tumbled in 2011

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Investors' (ACSI) 11th annual research report on CEO pay in Australia's largest listed companies found that the average bonus in 2011 fell from $1.584 million in 2010 to $1.255 million while the median also declined from $1.122 million to $1.098 million. ...

Bendigo and Adelaide bank execs loose bonus

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... down $41 278 on last financial year, however according to the bank's 2011 annual report, last year his $300 000 short term bonus was approved by the board.

Wilson HTM awarded damages

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... commission statements for Advisers - in Wilson's Sydney and Brisbane offices - were given to Ord Minnett while a sign on bonus was also being discussed. In July Ord Minnett paid approximately $5.4 million in sign-on bonuses to five senior Wilson HTM ...

10,000 finance jobs slashed since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
At a time when Australian banks can afford to provide the best working conditions in the world, workers in financial services are under more pressure than ever, said Leanne Shingles, a spokesperson for the Finance Sector Union. Despite working for one ...