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Wilson HTM confirms managing director appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... November 2013. Grant will retain his role as director of Pinnacle Investment Management. The group informed the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that Grant's base salary will be $400,000 per annum and that he is entitled to receive a bonus based ...

ASIC admits wrongdoing in Senate hearing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s top officials admitted that the regulator could have done more to prevent poor advice and malpractices in a tense five-hour Senate hearing. The hearing focused on ASIC's performance in dealing ...

Synchron recruits admin staff to cope with adviser demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... FoFA amendments now allow advisers to keep grandfathered commissions. Synchron lifted the hold after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) adopted a 'no-action' position regarding this provisions. "Both sides of politics have now ...

ASIC approves Managed Accounts IPO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... managedaccounts.com.au, is on track to become listed on the ASX after it successfully lodged its prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for an initial public offering (IPO). The company expects the IPO to raise between ...

Investec to sell local professional banking arm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... distinctive approach." BOQ managing director and chief executive Stuart Grimshaw said in an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that the acquisition is a strong fit with BOQ's four strategic pillars and will bring diversification ...

CBA promoted Nguyen to keep him away from clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has heard that the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) promoted financial planner Don Nguyen, despite allegations of fraud. Speaking at the inquiry Commonwealth ...

ASIC should regulate SMSFs as a financial product: PwC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... that individual self-managed super funds (SMSF) should be treated as a financial product regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), PwC alerted that account balances ...

ASIC eyes fee for service funding model

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider changing the regulator's funding model to one partly based on fee for service. In a submission to the Murray inquiry, ASIC proposed to charge ...

PM Capital eyes Asia fund listing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
Equity fund manager PM Capital is set to list its Asian Opportunities Fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The initial public offering is the second of its kind for the group after the successful launch of its first listed investment company ...

ASIC dictates seven-year ban for rogue CBA adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser Jade Zaicew for seven years. Zaicew's banning follows ASIC actions against former CBA advisers Don Nguyen, Ricky Gillespie, Simon Langton ...