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Banned adviser faces jail term

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Banned South Australian financial adviser, Trevor Wayne Carll, is facing 28 charges from ASIC, including deception, with a possible jail time of ten years for each offence. Carll, of Port Pirie, South Australia, was banned from the industry in February ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed up 2.5 per cent. At 0652 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 105 points at 3,984. There is no economic news expected on Tuesday. In equities ...

FOFA fatigue prompts new Guardian offering

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Guardian Financial Planning's 145 advisers now have access to a free paraplanning service for risk Statements of Advice. The new offering comes after Guardian surveyed its advisers and found they are suffering from FOFA fatigue. "We surveyed the advisers ...

Aviva's online backlash to new campaign sparks retreat

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
UK insurance behemoth, Aviva, may need to protect its own brand after a social media storm raged in response to its new sponsorship adverts dominating a popular television program. Aviva promised an innovative range of ads or 'idents' to accompany the ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
A sea of red swamped the world's equity markets - from New York to Rio and old London town - over the past 24 hours. As I've been warning the past few weeks, the global economy is weakening, the odds of another recession has increased and this is sapping ...

MLC head calls for truce after laying blame at industry funds door

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
MLC & NAB Wealth group executive Steve Tucker has called for a truce between industry and retail super funds and said the time has come to "compete on substance rather than rhetoric." While largely supportive of the Government's Stronger Super reforms ...

US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Concerns that the US Department of Labor's new definition of fiduciary duty for financial advisers is too demanding has prompted the retirement savings regulator to re-initiate industry discussions, a process that some believe may take up to two years. ...

Perpetual: fixed income is back

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Fixed income and credit markets are coming back in style while better portfolio diversification is needed for most investors, according to Perpetual Investments. Michael Korber, head of credit at Perpetual, told a media briefing yesterday that while ...

Boost for corporate sector as Stronger Super details emerge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The Government has released the final details of its Stronger Super reforms policy, which could reduce the fees paid by super fund members by up to 40% with the vast majority of balances being commission free by 2017. From October 1 2013, employers ...

SMSFs feeling the age gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The ageing demographics of SMSF trustees may prove to be the real issue for the sector, but that isn't holding it back with rising growth rates and surging fund numbers, heard delegates at a Women in Super event yesterday. Speaking at the event, Sarah ...