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AVCAL appoints ICAA exec as CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) has appointed a senior executive from the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) as new chief executive. Yasser El-Ansary will be AVCAL chief executive starting ...

FIIG to manage new mid-cap corporate bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
Commercial print company PMP Limited has become the latest ASX-listed mid-cap to announce it will access the corporate bond market through a wholesale note issue arranged by bond broker FIIG Securities. The 4-year senior unsecured bond issue is set ...

Centrepoint optimistic after completing AAP acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
After a tough year for independent dealer group Professional Investment Services (PIS), parent company Centrepoint is confident that the full acquisition of Associated Advisory Practices (AAP) will improve the group's performance. AAP and Associated ...

BlackRock creates global real estate investment platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
BlackRock has created an international real estate investment platform after acquiring MGPA, a private equity real estate investment company in Asia-Pacific and Europe. The acquisition assembles a combined $23.5 billion global real estate into an investment ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The Australian Taxation Office has admitted that as many as 75,000 SMSFs totaling assets up to $50 billion could be breaking the rules, leading some in the industry to suggest that the sector should be subject to tighter regulation. Last month Australian ...

Chambers enters into administration, loses AFSL

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
Chambers Investment Planners entered into voluntary administration and had its Australian financial services licence (AFSL) cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC also cancelled the Australian credit licence of ...

BT launches women adviser network group

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
BT Financial has launched Stella Network, an initiative to support women advisers and to encourage more women to pursue a financial planning career. The Stella Network will hold its first networking event tonight and it also intends to support workshops ...

New adviser service speeds up dealer group creation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
The growing adviser demand to operate under their own licence has prompted the partnership of two companies to assist advisers create their own dealer group. My Dealer Services and Libertas Solutions will help advisers to obtain an Australian financial ...

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has made clear that he isn't planning to make changes to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector even after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) red flagged DIY investors' property exposure. "What we said was that there would ...

AFA unveils Female Excellence in Advice Finalists

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... Excellence in Advice Award, which recognises female financial advisers who are making a significant contribution to their profession, their community and particularly to female clients. The Award finalists are Adrienne Rush from Bendigo Financial Planning ...