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ASIC consults on LIF powers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Financial advisers and the life insurance industry are being asked to consult the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over plans that would give the regulator power to set a maximum level of upfront and ongoing commission payments ...

SMSF auditor disqualified

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
ASIC has disqualified an SMSF auditor for providing untruthful statements that were deliberately misleading. Manoj Abichandani of New South Wales was also deemed by the regulator as not a fit and proper person to be an approved SMSF auditor. ASIC imposed ...

IQ Group adds to executive leadership team

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
Superannuation and wealth management consultant IQ Group has appointed a head of customer advocacy and assurance to align with the launch of the firm's new business unit. Joining IQ Group is Sharad Tanwar who will develop and deliver strategies to further ...

Super software provider outlines future plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
Superannuation and investment software provider Financial Synergy has increased its consulting team by 50% in 2015 and is preparing to expand its office space in 2016. Outlining its growth strategy today, Financial Synergy also announced it is adding ...

Government releases final risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
The Government has released the final life insurance reforms package. Based on ongoing industry consultation and collaboration with the Association of Financial Advisers, Financial Planning Association and Financial Services Council, the final reforms ...

CBA publicly welcomes former staff bans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
The Commonwealth Bank has publicly welcomed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) decision to ban former CFPL financial planners, Sharnie Kent and Stuart Jamieson. In a press release issued by the bank it said it reported concerns ...

Australian Unity strengthens Diversified Property Fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
The Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund has purchased an industrial property in Melbourne's south east for $15.1 million. The property, 19 Corporate Avenue, Rowville, is a 20,950 square-metre site which incorporates a modern, 12,300 square-metre ...

ANZ senior manager leaves to set up consultancy

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
ANZ senior manager of mandate research will set up his own consultancy, as the bank streamlines the Office of the CIO division. Nigel Douglas confirmed to Financial Standard that he has set up Douglas Funds Consulting, a firm that will provide consultancy ...

Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
News that China has revised its 2014 growth estimate from 7.4% -- the lowest in almost 25 years and missing its 7.5% target for that year - to 7.3% may have raised only a few eyebrows but it certainly added fuel to accusations that the People's Bank ...

ASIC would "rarely" ban products

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
ASIC would only ban products in "extreme circumstances" if its regulatory powers were expanded as per Financial System Inquiry recommendations, ASIC chair Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at the Banking and Financial Services Law Association conference ...