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Pam McAlister joins the Greenfields team

... knows. So she brings with her a good - a great - reputation as well." Greenfields exclusively practices financial services law including, amongst other things, in the areas of superannuation, funds management and insurance. The firm also provides responsible ...

Fee for service not the finance cure-all: AFA

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has voiced its concerns about industry calls for a rigid 'fee for service' model and said that such a move could do more harm than good for consumers. "Let the market forces prevail. As soon as you prescribe ...

Tasplan plays super doctor

... diagnostics. Tasplan's general manager, Neil Cassidy, said many small businesses have expressed their concerns over super law changes. They worry that they may be in breach of some super laws since it has been hard to keep track of the increasing compliance ...

Gates wide open for fee-for-service: MLC

In a bold move to answer the clarion call for a more transparent and flexible adviser fee structure, the largest platform provider in the country, National/MLC, has launched a 'fee for service' version of its flagship MasterKey product. This month ...

Rollovers can be processed rapidly and securely: RecruitmentSuper

With talk reverberating in some circles about the long lead times for funds to enact roll-overs or to act on member's requests, RecruitmentSuper is trumpeting its rapid response times. RecruitmentSuper has issued performance figures which show its response ...

Talk to us and let's make FSR simpler: Chris Pearce

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, threw down the gauntlet today, asking ASIC to pass the industry's message back to the Government and promising to cut back the regulatory "red tape" in financial services. Speaking at an ASIC regulation ...

Property funds looking for offshore or unlisted investments

A comparative review of Australian property securities funds has found that domestic crowding is increasingly forcing local property managers to look offshore for investments. Managed Investment Assessments (MIA), as part of its research alliance with ...

Senior Legg Mason staff exit after bonuses dealt out

... various capital markets capacities and transferred to asset management in 1990. He has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Law from Monash University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Meanwhile, Stuart Cartledge was a portfolio manager within ...

New guide to short and sweet PDS

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has finally issued an industry guide in an attempt to clean up 'over-disclosure' and keep the message short and sweet. The draft policy statement, Better prospectus disclosure, gives advice ...

Twice as many super funds now offering planning advice

New figures released by Rainmaker reveal that the number of superannuation funds offering financial planning to members has doubled over three years, with more industry funds set to take it up. Figures from Rainmaker's new online super fund comparison ...