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ING DIRECT super manager promoted

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Former ING DIRECT manager superannuation Tim Hewson has been appointed to a new role internally to become national partnership manager, residential lending and wealth. ING DIRECT has made the appointment on the back of a "growing convergence of the ...

Findex launches online advice service

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Findex has launched an online financial advice service available "obligation-free" to the general public. ASK Crowe Horwath allows businesses and individuals to pose questions "covering the full spectrum of financial services," according to Findex's ...

ASIC bans ex-Genesys adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
ASIC has banned a former Genesys financial adviser. Lukas Zelka was an authorised representative of AMP-owned Genesys Wealth Advisers from 2009 to 2011; after working at Jigsaw Support services for a year, he moved to another AMP licensee, Charter Financial ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Link Group announces plans for float

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
Superannuation administration company Link Group is targeting a valuation of up to $2.6 billion in an initial public offer expected to take place on 27 October. Details in the prospectus reveal the company aims to raise between $879.2 million and $946.5 ...

Kinetic Super appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... likely to require funds to have a minimum of one third of their directors be independent. "Some boards are now starting to plan for this progression, and Kinetic Super has made a start in this direction," the fund said.

Super fund boss: We're not IT companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
Ongoing technology challenges for superannuation funds and the wider financial services industry present an unclear business planning path but an opportunistic path nonetheless. UniSuper chair Chris Cuffe said technology was still a "blind spot" among ...

AMP advice adds Van Eck ETFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
Two Van Eck exchange-traded funds have been added to the AMP approved product list. The Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF and Market Vectors Australian Banks ETF will now be available to advisers at AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial ...

Succession planning is not a waiting game

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Advice practice owners should not base their succession strategy on potential economic tailwinds or favourable regulatory outcomes, according to Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan. In a statement, Tynan noted the increasing ...

Chi-X adds advice, stockbroking market participants

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
A stockbroker and two independent financial planning licensees have joined the Chi-X Australia trading platform. Stockbroker OpenMarkets and advice firms Morgans and Shaw and Partners are now part of the Chi-X platform, which has 34 other market participants. ...