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Adviser banned for chasing commissions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
ASIC has permanently banned a Sydney financial adviser after it was found she falsified more than 60 insurance policies in order to collect the consequent commissions. Susan Heathwood, of Randwick, was an authorised representative of GuardianFP from ...

Social infrastructure not suited to pension funds: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Pension funds should avoid investing in social infrastructure because of its inherent political risk and its small illiquid asset pool, according to a just released study by the UK EDHEC Risk Institute. In their report entitled "Pension Fund Investment ...

UN Responsible Investment head joins Emerald launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
A UN Responsible Investment head will join the national launch for Australia's first dedicated responsible investment, superannuation and pension account, The Emerald Wrap. Dr James Gifford, executive director of the United Nations backed Principles ...

Retirement not an automatic trigger for defensive strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Dynamic asset allocation is an alternative approach to defensive strategies in retirement investing options, according to a new white paper from Towers Watson. In the paper, "Finding the balance, strategies to improve post retirement investing", Towers ...

ATO warns SMSFs on property transfers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
The Australian Taxation Office has warned self managed super fund trustees about inappropriate property transfers into super funds, signalling a crackdown into the practice. "The only real estate you can transfer into your SMSF is business real property. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian dollar has fallen almost half a of one US cent as global markets reacted to China's reduced growth target. BRUSSELS - A dozen banks, insurers and investment funds holding Greece's bonds will participate in a massive debt relief ...

Australian First Mortgage and SuperShift form alliance

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
Australian First Mortgage and SuperShift Australia have joined forces to offer mortgage brokers the facility to be able to take part in SMSF limited recourse loans. The alliance, which sees the creation of the AFM SuperShift product, means brokers can ...

Fiducian posts sustained half year results

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
Fiducian has posted half yearly after tax profits of $1.44 million, with an operating profit after tax of $2.195 million to June 30, 2011. The firm said it was pleased to have sustained its revenue in the face of ongoing market volatility and "wider ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
So what were all those grim headlines we read about yesterday all about? Those that went along the lines of, "we're doomed (again) because Big Ben's no longer our friend". Well, Big Ben's testimony before the US Congress continued overnight, again there ...

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
The date is set for FOFA to start on July 1 this year with the Parliamentary Joint Committee releasing its report, complete with 15 new recommendations. In its 220-page report, the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) noted that despite industry calls ...