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Lo-doc broker to pay client compensation: ASIC

Small-time mortgage brokers who think they may be too insignificant to catch the ire of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should take heed after the regulatory watchdog took legal proceedings against a Canberra-based lo-doc ...

Marketers urged to target over-50s

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... products and brands as their younger cohorts. American publications group AARP, together with RoperASW, performed a study to discover how loyal certain age groups are to brand and services and what triggers them to try something new. They found that ...

PIS launches new income fund

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has launched the Discovery Investment Services Core Income Fund, investing primarily in two Australian Unity Investments (AUI) mortgage funds. "The AUI mortgage products have a proven record of providing attractive ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
Following the 178 recommendations of the Productivity Commission Taskforce on how the government might reduce bureaucratic problems associated with the administration of the GST and FBT, Treasurer Costello has announced that 158 of the recommendations ...

Fixed income not for everyone, yet: FIIG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2006
When it comes to implementing fixed interest strategies there are products and services for the big end of town and daylight second. This is a problem FIIG Securities is hoping to fix. Jim Stening, managing director of fixed income specialist FIIG Securities ...

Careless spending wastes $25bn

A new survey has found that Australians spend an average $25 billion per year on daily luxuries such as takeaway food and trashy magazines, with the unusual discovery that men are actually the bigger 'careless spenders' than women. Virgin Money has ...

MLIM funds on hold but Rock solid

... different investment style to the current MLIM team, O'Shannassy said that on closer inspection, the ratings agencies will discover that new BlackRock fund managers are more closely aligned to the investment style of the rest of the team. He also pointed ...

Super adviser loses license after ASIC super switching survey

A Sydney-based superannuation advice specialist has lost its license after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) 'super switching' survey found it breached several compliance obligations. ASIC has revoked the license of SMS Advising ...

Aon buys private insurance broker Freeman McMurrick

The insurance sector consolidation continues with Aon Australia acquiring Freeman McMurrick, one of the largest privately owned insurance brokers in the country. "We are very excited about the growth opportunities that this significant acquisition offers," ...

1 in 4 Australians have more than one super fund: ICAA

... super funds. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) surveyed 1,200 Australians last month seeking to discover the real impact of the super choice legislation and whether people have taken advantage of it to sort out their super. They ...