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Financial Simplicity welcomes director of sales

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
Managed accounts software provider Financial Simplicity has appointed a new director of sales to help grow the business. Richard Hail has been appointed director of sales to help Financial Simplicity grow its market share in the growing managed accounts ...

Ord Minnett adds to private client team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
Ord Minnett has appointed two new private client advisers as part of its recruitment drive. Andrew Nutt has joined Ord Minnett from Patersons Securities where he built up a significant private client base. Tony Board also joins Ord Minnett as a private ...

LG teams up with ipac on succession

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
LG Financial Strategies, a Charter Financial Planning practice, has joined ipac's Equity Partners Program to help solve its succession planning challenges. LG Financial Strategies principal, Rohan Gulasekharam, considered a variety of succession planning ...

CommSec launches over-the-counter CFDs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
CommSec has announced the launch of a new over-the-counter contracts for difference (CFD) product to meet the needs of investors hungry for more CFD trading opportunities. Matt Comyn, CommSec general manager, said the new CommSec CFD offering would ...

Former NAB adviser gets 8 years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
A former National Australia Bank (NAB) financial planner has been jailed for eight years for dishonesty and fraud relating to nearly $6 million of misappropriated funds. Following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation ...

QSuper hits $20b in quick time

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
QSuper has hit the magic $20 billion mark for funds under management, putting on the last $5 billion in just the last 17 months. Just 17 months after the fund celebrated 15 years of operation and $15 billion in fund for its 450,000 members, QSuper executive ...

ASIC bans Tweed but can't stop off-market traps

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
David Tweed, the perennial off-market shareholder predator, has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from providing financial services. ASIC banned Tweed for his role relating to two offers to acquire holdings from ...

BlackRock expands distribution team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
BlackRock has beefed up its retail distribution and marketing team after completing its merger with Merrill Lynch and uniting the businesses under the one banner. Underpinning BlackRock's strategy of growing the Australian business and product range ...

Macq Wrap to roll-out STP for FP software providers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
Macquarie Adviser Services has announced its intention to roll-out straight-through processing (STP) capabilities between Macquarie Wrap and leading financial planning software products XPLAN, VisiPlan and its own Coin Software. The developments should ...

Multiport SMSF receives UK pension roll-over approval

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
Multiport and Vantage Financial have partnered to facilitate tax efficient UK pension fund transfers to Australia. SMSF provider Multiport and migration financial consultancy Vantage Financial have worked together to gain approval under the UK's Qualifying ...