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Restrict 'adviser' term: AFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... requirements as financial advisers. Those who can't have not earned the right to call themselves advisers." At present, the law states the role of the adviser is to provide appropriate advice based on client circumstances in a clear, concise and effective ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... credentials through quantitative measures are poor indicators of future investment returns. A major paper published in the Columbia Law Review, 'The Promise and Peril of Corporate Governance Indices' by Sanjai Bhagat, Brian Bolton and Roberta Romano ...

SMSFs get "kick up the pants"

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... crippling regulation, according to industry experts. Speaking at a roundtable following minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry's speech at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference on Friday, Andrea ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... retirement savings and stepping up its compliance activities to ensure self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees don't break the law. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference yesterday in Adelaide, ATO commissioner ...

BT revamps wrap for equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
BT Financial Group is heeding its advisers' calls for more efficient equities trading and recently unveiled a three-year program to rework the BT Wrap platform. The three year program, which begins next Monday, will include the introduction of bulk ...

Pearce backs TCF policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Pearce said the opposition would support a 'treating customers fairly' (TCF) principle if the latest financial planning inquiry does not fully address consumer rights. The ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... current market circumstances," a statement said. However, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Pearce, said ASIC's decision reflects the government's inability to regulate a disclosure regime. He said the Corporations ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... top of the 1047 it cut before Christmas. Boart Longyear warned of adding more to the 200 positions it had already let go. Law firm Blake Dawson Waldron and Telstra plans to shed 100 jobs and 350 call centre staff, respectively. Reported losses at big ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... (ALP, NSW), Chris Pearce (Lib Vic), and Stuart Robert MP (Lib Qld). Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, has welcomed the Inquiry and is expected to play a major supporting role. Speaking on ABC radio this morning, Senator Ripoll ...

Adviser charged for contempt of court

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... advising other individuals about securities or dealing in securities except as otherwise permitted by the then Corporations Law. ASIC commenced contempt of court proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in November 2008. ASIC alleged that ...