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Latest Power50 list unveiled

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
This year's most influential people in social media within the Australian financial services industry have been unveiled in the latest FS Power50. Now in its third year, the annual list recognises the leading lights driving the conversation mainly on ...

Bombora appoints chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
Risk advice dealer group Bombora has appointed a chairman as it prepares to address challenges that facing the sector. Kevin Martin will take over the role in January. He is currently the managing director of consulting company Alto Nominees, the executive ...

ASIC accepts J.P. Morgan enforceable undertaking

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from three J.P. Morgan companies. The entities affected are J.P. Morgan Securities plc, J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, about which ASIC said it had "concerns" following ...

Foreign investment into Australia doubles to $43.6bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
Foreign investment into Australia through managed investment trusts (MITs) has more than doubled and was $43.6 billion for the year to 31 December, 2014. The '2015 Australian Investment Managers Cross-Border Flows Report' by the Financial Services Council ...

ASIC charges unlicensed SMSF loan provider

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
ASIC has brought criminal charges against a former company director for offering "loans" based on future superannuation entitlements. Grant Thorsby Ross (alias David Thorsby Ross) was the former sole director of Motabank and Multimedia Marketing, and ...

Club Plus Super increases women on trustee board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
More than a third of Club Plus Super's trustee directors are women following two new appointments at the $2 billion industry superannuation fund. ClubsNSW announced both Janet Torney and Dominique Hogan-Doran are joining as trustee directors with the ...

Macquarie set to pay $14m to advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Macquarie Equities Limited (MEL) has identified 163 clients who received inadequate financial advice and are eligible for $14 million compensation. Macquarie Group confirmed that the enforceable undertaking dictated by the Australian Securities and ...

Finsia partners with Hong Kong institute

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
A growing number of Australasian financial services professionals in Hong Kong have helped establish a partnership between two industry development groups. The Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) and the Hong Kong Securities and Investment ...

XTBs added to Praemium, HUB24 super platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
Exchange-traded bond (XTB) units have been added to HUB24 and Praemium's superannuation platforms. XTBs provide retail investors access to units of individual corporate bonds issued by the top 50 ASX-listed companies. As of today, they are available ...

Property spruiker banned for providing unlawful advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Supreme Court of NSW has restrained a property business for providing unlawful advice to clients who wanted to purchase investment properties through an SMSF. The judge found that Park Trent Properties Group had been unlawfully carrying on a financial ...