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BAEP chief executive retires

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Bennelong Australian Equity Partners has announced chief executive Paul Cuddy's retirement. Cuddy co-founded the boutique manager in July 2008, having previously held roles at Westpac Investment Management, NRMA Investment Management and ING Investment ...

Moneytech launches $25m corporate bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
Moneytech Finance launched a $25 million unrated bond issue available to private investors, self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and financial planners. The seven year, subordinated floating rate notes have a minimum initial investment of $50,000 at issue ...

Treasury starts consultation for higher advice standards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
Treasury has released a consultation paper and is calling for submissions on ways to lift the professional standards of financial advisers. "Financial advisers play a very important role in Australia, helping consumers to plan for their retirement ...

Trowbridge releases final report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
The final version of the Trowbridge Review on Retail Life Insurance Advice has been released. Initiated by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), it was designed as an independent review following the Australian ...

Maritime Super appoints independent director

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Maritime Super has appointed a high profile independent director to its board. Lynelle Briggs is an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia and has held senior government and executive positions, including chief executive of Medicare ...

Degrees don't ensure good financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The FSI recommendation for advisers to hold a "relevant tertiary degree" in order to raise minimum competency standards will not ensure good advice and may drive established advisers out of the system, according to Australian Institute of Company Directors ...

CFA appoints Australia head of advocacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... he added. "We are committed to working with the government and industry players to restore trust in the investment profession."

Mercer becomes first FPA accredited salaried firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Mercer advice practices have become the first salaried adviser firms to be accredited Professional Practices by the Financial Planning Association (FPA). The FPA's accreditation is designed to recognise high-calibre financial planning practices that ...

FIIG inks $60m corporate bond deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
FIIG Securities has acted as the lead arranger for an unsecured corporate bond offering to raise up to $60 million for health and beauty supplier McPherson's Limited. This is the second corporate bond transaction that FIIG Securities has assisted with ...

Aon appoints director to super board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
Aon Hewitt has appointed a former KPMG partner to be an independent director to the board of its superannuation business. Trevor Allen became chair of the audit sub-committee as well as a director to the Aon Superannuation trustee board on 1 January. ...