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Federal Court judgements contradictory on adviser liability

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
The Federal Court has issued two separate and contradictory judgements that cast a doubt over financial advisers' proportionate liability when facing client legal claims. Within less than one month, the Full Court of the Federal Court has judged the ...

Investors Mutual gets in on LIC act

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... investment director Anton Tagliaferro hopes will appeal to the growing number of self-managed super fund investors and their advisers. "We want to offer a ready-made portfolio of shares which offers diversification outside of what SMSF investors already ...

ISA FoFA report sparks industry outrage

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... identified nine ways the government's amended FoFA "have brought back commissions and other incentives for financial advisers to sell superannuation and other products to Australians. ISA said that "the fine-print of the regulations reveals a range of ...

CBA's Narev leaves key questions unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... comment on how many people were sacked as a consequence of this," he said. He did confirm that as many as nine financial advisers labelled as "high risk" by the bank and by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) were still working ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... Currently infrastructure investments make up less than 1% of the average self-managed super fund (SMSF) but Frankish says advisers are beginning to understand the value of increasing allocations in their clients' portfolios. "We've had quite a bit of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... morning to more than 1,100 customers who lost savings as a result of fraudulent and misleading behaviour by financial advisers. A Senate committee last week called for a royal commission into the scandal. Among resources stocks, Rio Tinto gained 32 cents ...

YBR Smarter Money returns 5.0% over June quarter

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... per annum. Lawler also noted that Smarter Money was beginning to get traction in the financial planning market where advisers are looking for solutions that offer daily account access with competitive risk-adjusted returns. "We are finding that advisers ...

FPA calls for industry summit to restore trust in advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... industry summit to ensure that cases of inappropriate advice are "stamped out for good" and to restore community trust in advisers. "We think it's about time the entire industry regulated itself in co-operation with government, regulators and community ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... morning to more than 1,100 customers who lost savings as a result of fraudulent and misleading behaviour by financial advisers. A Senate committee last week called for a royal commission into the scandal. Among resources stocks, Rio Tinto gained 32 cents ...

ClearView appoints three BDMs

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... three BDMs is due to the increased growth in sales over the past twelve months from our two main distribution channels - advisers who are part of the ClearView dealer group and independent advisers. Expansion in both channels is due to not only our comprehensive ...