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SuperMate updates online SMSF

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
SuperMate has launched three updates to its online self managed super fund administration service. The updates include fully automated ASX corporate actions processing, overnight bank data download into SMFSs for 95% of bank transactions and direct ...

Advisers should focus on cost of advice

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Financial advisers should place more scrutiny on the cost of providing advice per client as the industry moves toward fee for service, according to Provisio Technologies. Planning businesses may struggle to accurately pin down service costs per client ...

Hedge funds outperform: Research

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Research commissioned by KPMG International and AIMA on the global hedge fund industry has found that funds have significantly outperformed equities, bonds and commodities over the past 17 years. The study, conducted by the Centre For Hedge Fund Research ...

Research warns super funds on reporting

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Super fund members run the risk of being given the wrong information about the performance of their funds, according to a recent analysis by the Actuaries Institute. Recommendations, prepared for the actuarial profession and financial regulators, outline ...

Instreet launches new structured product

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Instreet has launched YIELD, a three-year income investment product which aims to balance higher yield against risk by being linked to a basket of Australia's big four banks and delivering quarterly fixed income payments at 11% a year. Instreet managing ...

ASIC bans adviser following fraud conviction

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has permanently banned Christos Papaioannou, also known as Chris Pappas, from providing financial services following his conviction on fraud charges in the Magistrates Court of Victoria. On 29 March ...

ASIC obtains order banning derivatives trading director

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission action has resulted in Neil William King, formerly of Brighton, Victoria, being removed from the financial services industry for six years. In proceedings brought by Australian Securities & Investments ...

FPA launches consultation on financial planning education

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
The Financial Planning Association, in conjunction with the Financial Planning Education Council, will launch a national consultation framework on the curriculum and accreditation requirements for financial planning education in Australia. In 2011 ...

Variable annuity sales in the UK reach GBP1bn

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012

ASIC permanently bans CFD dealer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
ASIC has permanently banned a former contracts for difference (CFD) dealer following an investigation. ASIC's (Australian Securities & Investment Commission) investigation focused on the conduct of Simon Marcus Gundry, of Mornington, and his online ...