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SuperIQ acquires Smartsuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) provider SuperIQ has acquired former Perpetual business Smartsuper in the latest wave of consolidation in the space. Acquisitions in the SMSF space are proving commonplace as businesses attempt to build client bases during ...

CBA proffers Storm settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
More money is available for victims of the Storm Financial collapse, after the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and ASIC reached a settlement agreement. Up to $136 million will be offered as compensation for losses suffered by CBA customers who ...

Self-reliant investors need professional advice: SFG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Clients who are becoming more self-reliant and focusing on 'when to retire' need professional advice, according to SFGA's managing director Tony Fenning, who yesterday delivered a 6% increase in FY12 underlying NPAT for the merged advice firm. Fenning ...

Delay FoFA reforms another year: Lawyer

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012

SMSF's need life cover education

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Knowledge of life insurance offers is the biggest barrier to self managed super fund members taking it up within their fund, said AIA Australia. AIA Australia surveyed approximately 400 advisers on the knowledge and take-up of life insurance within ...

Premium Wealth creates accountant licensing program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Premium Wealth is in process of finalising an accountant licensing program that it claims will increase the uptake of advice and advance the professional status of financial planning. The new program will offer accountants the three tiers of licensing ...

MLC appoints super funds board member

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... accountable to around 1.5 million members and approximately $56 billion in Funds Under Management. Rassi is a chartered accountant who spent more than 34 years at Deloitte, where he was made partner in 1996, and was instrumental in building the firm's ...

Talkin' bout my generation

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Two leading industry associations expect the next generation of advice clients to be attracted to financial advisers possessing the right soft skills, industry-specific education and strong ethics. The differences between the service offerings of Gen ...

AMP SMSF completes leadership team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
AMP SMSF has appointed Samantha Clarke as director, SMSF Solutions, reporting to AMP SMSF managing director Paul Sainsbury, effective August 13. Clarke joins the newly formed business unit from AMP Capital where she was head of marketing. Her appointment ...

Trust tax reform can be split

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury's announcement yesterday of a further delay to tax reform for trusts has sparked debate over the relative merit of using the same timetable for a number of reform strands. Speaking at a CPA Australia lunch yesterday ...