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Adviser gets community service

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
A former Progressive Investment Securities financial adviser has been sentenced to 250 hours community service for giving unlawful advice. Mohammad Zareei of Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, was sentenced by the Sydney District Court to 250 hours community ...

Tele-underwriting with a health check

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Pathrec has unveiled a tele-underwriting service by a medical service provider for planners and insurers as the firm moves to take a slice of the growing insurance market. According to Pathrec chief executive, Olga Tomic, TeleCheck is an outsourcing ...

ING buys 37.5pc stake in Sentry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
ING Australia extends its distribution business after buying 37.5 per cent of Perth-based dealer group, Sentry Financial Group. ING Australia (INGA) occupies a seat on Sentry Financial Group's board as part of the funding arrangement. Ross Bowden, INGA ...

Good wine, good advice

Hunter Valley may be better known as the haven of award-winning wine but it is also a source of award-winning financial advice. Hunter region-based financial planner Jennifer Leslie has received the Financial Planner of the Year Award at the 2007 Hillross ...

Trust names GM

Eugene Quass has been appointed executive general manager of Trust's Financial Services division. "Eugene will be responsible for analysing, developing and implementing strategic directions for our Financial Services businesses," Jonathan Sweeney, Trust's ...

BT Insurance names head of life

BT Financial Group has appointed Phil Hay, formerly of MLC, as Head of Life Insurance, and promoted Sandra Hill to Head of Customer Relations and Operations. The appointments were the first leadership appointments to be made since Mark Smith was named ...

Fraudulent advisers caught

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Two Sydney men have been charged and found guilty by the Australian Securities and Investment Commissions (ASIC) for a combined 11 charges of fraud and delivering false financial advice. The two so called "advisers", Tunde Doja from Sydney and Mohammad ...

SimCorp edges back to front

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... SimCorp is expanding its front-end technology offering to provide a more streamlined information product to its clients. Peter Hill, managing director at SimCorp, said the company previously offered a front of house product but wanted to enhance the ...

Fear brings opportunity for the wise

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Buy, sell, or run for the hills? January's Black Tuesday saw the axing of over $100 billion from the share market, but savvy investors will realise the ailing stock market still boasts lucrative investment opportunities. According to a report by wise-owl ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower following declines in US stocks overnight as concerns about a US recession escalated. In London, base metal prices were weaker. At 0713 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...