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Planner banned as watchdog continues industry clean-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
ASIC is continuing its clean up of the financial services sector with the banning of another Sydney based planner. Stephen Paul Hing of Enmore has been barred from providing financial services for four years after an investigation revealed he took part ...

Northern Trust awarded $24bn custody mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Northern Trust will provide a full range of master custody and related services for the newly formed $24 billion Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. It is the custodian's first full service super fund client. Starting early next year, Northern ...

AustralianSuper three year fee freeze

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
AustralianSuper will freeze its administration fees over the next three years for its 1.8 million membership base, in a bid to highlight concerns over administration costs. Starting from July 1 this year, the AustralianSuper administration cost of $1.50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly lower after a credit downgrade for Italy and Spain dampened market optimism. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 97.39 US cents, down from 97.75 cents on Friday. Since 1700 AEDT on Friday ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Wake up people, there's no time to let Monday-itis get the better of us - especially not this Monday. Not when there's news a -plenty to digest. There's good news to stir the animal spirits among the bulls... bad news to keep the bears on the pounce... ...

FPA reveals advertising impact

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
The Financial Planning Association claims that its $2 million national consumer advertising campaign is already reaping new business for its members thanks to a surge in online activity. Since the campaign, which spans television, print and online was ...

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The self-managed super fund industry is calling on the government to revoke plans to ban off market transfers with particular concern that larger funds are not subject to the same rules. The government's Stronger Super reforms package includes plans ...

AMP opens second retail planning centre

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
AMP has launched its second retail centre for financial planning in Australia, with plans for 18 new and experienced self-employed financial planners to join the walk-in retail financial planning centre. Based in the Victorian suburb of Camberwell ...

Government publishes core elements of MySuper draft

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
The Government has provided a two-week window for submissions on draft legislation on the core elements of MySuper as it presses ahead with plans to introduce the default super product from July 2013. Having outlined the structure of Stronger Super ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
Germany ratifies rescue plan, now for the rescue. With 523 'jawohls' to 85 'neins' and three abstentions, Germany's Bundestag approved the 21 July plan to increase the lending capacity of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to a,-440 billion ...