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ASIC acts against wealth management promoter

ASIC has taken action against Jamie McIntyre and his company 21st Century Academy Pty Ltd preventing them from promoting any further wealth creation schemes. 21st Century Academy specialises in conducting wealth creation seminars, DVD and compact disc ...

ASIC's 'Super Switching' campaign catches Tasmanian adviser

ASIC has begun action against a Tasmanian man following its 'Super Switching' campaign launched in December last year. The 'Super Switching' campaign was developed to monitor the advice and disclosure by advisers where advisers are required to write ...

HIH fall out continues

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has barred another former HIH executive with Ross Eade being disqualified under the Insurance Act 1973 from holding a position or acting as a director or senior manager of a general insurer. Eade ...

Assirt/S&P still hesitant on Perpetual

The new combined Assirt/ Standard & Poor's has placed Perpetual Investment's international equity funds on hold pending review following the transition of the funds to the group's new Dublin-based in-house asset team. Perpetual announced last year that ...

Tricom offers funds to retail market

Wholesale boutique investment manager Tricom Investment Management will move into offering investments for retail investors with two funds using absolute return strategies. Tricom will offer the two funds, the Tricom Trust and the Elysian Fund, to advisers ...

Skandia expands board

Skandia has appointed head of distribution Richard Borysiewicz to the board of its Australian operations. He joins two external non-executives and four executive directors on the board and his appointment follows seven months in his role as head of ...

Former financial adviser guilty of 18 criminal charges

Former financial adviser John Higgins has pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraudulently misappropriating clients' funds for his own use under the Crimes Act (NSW), and three counts of dishonest conduct in relation to a financial product or service while ...

Optimix reaches $5 billion

Optimix's manage the managers funds has reached $5 billion in funds under management, more than double the total since October 2003. The increase in funds follows Optimix's strategy to move into the larger adviser market through ANZ financial planners ...

Newsflash - FPA awards CFP contract to Securities Institute

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has ended months of speculation by awarding the contract for the administration of its Certified Financial Planning (CFP) program to the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA). The deal is for three years with ...

Super funds perform again with double digit returns

SelectingSuper, a division of Rainmaker Information, has reported double digit returns by funds in its October 2004 superannuation performance tables. The performance tables revealed the consistent trend of industry funds dominating the default option ...