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Law firm targets disgruntled advice clients using Twitter

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Legal firm Slater and Gordon is using Twitter to ask financial planning clients if they are satisfied with the advice that they have received, and encouraging them to "do something about it." "Do you have concerns about the quality of financial advice ...

Magellan doubles profit, consolidates global presence

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Magellan Financial Group doubled its profit after tax to $77.4 million in the first half of financial year 2014-2015, while it kept strengthening its global presence. The group reported a revenue increase of 91% to $128.5 million during the six months ...

NAB custody executive general manager departs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) executive general manager has departed the custody business to pursue a portfolio career. Christine Bartlett was appointed to the role in late 2012 and prior to that she had been leading NAB's IT transformation program since ...

AMP boosts self-employed advice channel

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
Adviser numbers at AMP's self-employed adviser channel Jigsaw Support Services were up 42.7% in 2014, while adviser numbers shrunk at Genesys and iPac. Jigsaw advisers increased from 171 in the year to December 2013 to 244 in the year to December 2014 ...

AMP profit up 32% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
AMP has reported a net profit of $884 million for the full year to December 2014, up 32% from the $672 million profit reported in 2013. Underlying profit was $1,045 million, up 23%, and cashflows were strong for both the wealth management and the funds ...

Advice register more detailed than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
The Treasury's public register of financial advisers will be more detailed than it was expected, the regulations introduced by Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg show. As expected, the regulations include the obligation for financial advisers to provide ...

Super only 35% of retirement nest egg

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Australians don't believe that superannuation will provide adequately for their retirement and expect that it will contribute a little more than one third of their retirement nest egg, ING Direct research revealed. Superannuation is expected to represent ...

Pengana Capital appoints Singapore director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Pengana Capital has appointed an executive director for its Singapore office in a bid to develop its institutional business outside of Australia. Anthony Huston will initially focus on institutional sales opportunities for the Pengana Asia Special Events ...

Challenger retail annuity sales up 8%, profit down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
Challenger annuity sales were up 8% during the first half of the 2014-2015 financial year, but net profit after tax was down, the half year report showed. Annuity sales reached $2.1 billion, of which $1.6 billion were retail annuity sales, up 8% since ...

Remove 10% rule for deductible contributions: SMSF Association

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
The SMSF Association has argued for the removal of the 10% rule for tax deductible voluntary contributions to allow all employees access to deductions to superannuation contributions. "Removing the 10% rule would alleviate the red-tape burden for businesses ...