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Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Overall numbers of financial planners have dropped by 2% from a 2012 high point of 18,545 in 2012 according to recent Rainmaker research. According to the research there are currently 18,096 planners in Australia, with a loss of 450 from 2012. "On the ...

ASIC warns planners, be careful who you hire

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has warned financial services licensees to be cautious when hiring new advisers. The warning follows a string of actions against licensees for failing to comply with their Australian financial ...

Former AFS executive appointed at BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Former Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) head of Strategic Development Meaghan Unsworth has been appointed senior product development manager at BT Financial Group. Unsworth's LinkedIn profile shows that she was appointed on May and she had ...

Count eyes accounting firms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
Count Financial (Count) sees great opportunity for accountants to provide financial advice, and is training 11 accounting firms to become autorised representatives of Count. On July 1, 2013, accountants will be able to provide advice under new conditional ...

BDO appointed administrator of the AFS Group

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
BDO Australia has been appointed as the voluntary administrator of the Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group. The creditors' report is due this Friday and the creditors' meeting has been scheduled for May 6, the administrator told Financial Standard. ...

Practitioners ill equipped for business sale

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
Market uncertainty and regulatory strain are leading to an increasing number of financial planners considering selling their practices, according to Centurion Market Makers director Chris Wrightson. The financial advice business broking specialist said ...

Government eyes Islamic finance growth opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The Australian government has said that the Islamic finance provides a opportunity for growth in the both the Australian financial services sector and the wider economy. Addressing delegates at the first Amanie Australia Islamic Finance Forum in Melbourne ...

LUCRF ramps up advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
LUCRF Super has launched a series of seminars throughout Australia to allow its membership direct access to the fund's financial advisers. A team of 20 LUCRF advisers will travel around the country to hold weekly seminars basis, LUCRF Advice Service ...

ASIC charges former financial adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has charged a former financial adviser for failing to provide appropriate advice to clients. Kevin Maxwell George Whitting, of Rosebud, Victoria, provided inappropriate advice to five investors ...

ASIC suspends licence of LM Investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has suspended the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of LM Investment Management Limited for two years following the company's voluntary administration. The AFSL suspension allows ...