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Grandfathering pushes self-licensing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... and their need for support." Fuchs added that advisers should also look at "ideology, culture and passion around independence." The current legislation around grandfathering states that if an existing advice arrangement is changed after July 1, 2013 ...

Guardian Advice benefits from planner "flight to security"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... feeling the pressure of regulatory change," Harris said. "Others are in big institutional groups and are seeking more independence on products and in managing their own business." The life risk specialist dealer group has recently appointed Andrew Hammelmann ...

Academic questions Libs' super board independence policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The Coalition's plan to introduce stricter rules aimed at ensuring super fund board independence could be counterproductive, according to Sally Wheeler, professor of law at Queen's College, Belfast. Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of ...

Accountants ready to access HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... over 90 authorised representatives with over $1 billion in funds under advice. "Issues that were key for us included independence, technology, fees, product flexibility and the fact that the platform can accept non-custodian assets for an SMSF without ...

Westpac and BTFG group get MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... ASGARD, BTFG and Westpac Securities platform suite. On its list of products authorised are BT Retirement Wrap, ASGARD Independence Plan Division Two, and Westpac Mastertust - Superannuation Division. BT's MySuper offerings will be actively-managed life ...

Former Hostplus marketing head joins Frontier

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... increasingly sophisticated and complex superannuation fund market place, underpinned by our strong commitment to independence and the provision of unbiased advice". Frontier is one of Australia's largest institutional asset consulting firms, with $144 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... by a day of substantial gains that has marked the first week of the financial year. US markets were closed for the Independence Day holiday overnight, and local investors have followed market gains in Europe, where the European Central Bank said it remained ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... Ordinaries index was up 53.2 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 4,781.0 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed for the US' Independence Day public holiday. LONDON - European shares prices rallied and the euro plummeted against the US dollar after the eurozone ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... from the market. Offshore leads were mixed with Wall St posting modest gains in a shortened session ahead of the US Independence Day holiday. But, European stocks were down. "There is no real major reason to be driving it this hard. As far as we're seeing ...