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Banned former CBA planner charged with forgery

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... rolled-up charge alleging the forgery of 31 documents. Gillespie provided advice as a former representative of the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning subsidiary, Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL). ASIC alleges that between 1 January ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... in the context that the April figure is the first positive reading since November 2014 might be of significance to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in ts conduct of monetary policy. More so, in light of the recent reacceleration of CPI inflation above its ...

MyState appoints technology provider

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... software, mortgage software, and core banking systems. MyState is an ASX-listed non-operating holding company of MyState Bank and Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees. Its most recent announcement follows the appointment of non-executive director, Brian Biss ...

Bank love affair with wealth management waning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... desire for simplification has been seen the scaling back of a number of wealth management arms. Recently National Australia Bank (NAB) sold 80% of its MLC life insurance business to Japan's Nippon Life for $2.4 billion. This was followed by its demerger ...

He pleaded, he promised, he threatened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda had been a very busy -- or should I say noisy? -- dude all throughout last week as he tries to verbally abuse the yen to its knees. The yen has steadily risen against the greenback since 28 April when the ...

SMSFs up property, managed funds exposure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... trustees benefitted from moving away from the top 20 shares within the sector. Unsurprisingly, dividend favourites Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Telstra, ANZ and NAB were the five most popular holdings in SuperConcepts' clients' portfolios. Proving the ...

ASIC makes two permanent bans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former AFS licensee employee and former chairman of collapsed lender Wickham Securities and founder of Sherwin Financial Planners (in liquidation), from providing financial services. Former AFS licensee employee Nicolai ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... to go by the latest Consumer Inflationary Expectations Survey released by the Melbourne Institute shows that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) couldn't have cut interest rates soon enough. Recall that the RBA cut interest rates by 25 basis points to ...

Australians demanding robo-advice from super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... though, is that a large proportion of them would prefer these services to be delivered through a super fund rather than, say, a bank. "Robo-advice tools can be a cost-effective method for banks and super funds to engage those who are not actively considering ...

IFM Investors appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
IFM Investors has appointed an independent chair to the investment advisory committee of its IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund. Brad Vann is a legal practitioner with almost 35 years' experience in the delivery of infrastructure projects. He has advised ...