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Advisers to study for 200 hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Planners registered as tax financial advisers with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) will have to undertake at least 200 hours of study covering Australian taxation and commercial law. Advisers who are members or are seeking membership of a professional ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after there were falls in commodity prices overnight. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,576. Benchmark crude oil on Tuesday night fell ...

Maurice Blackburn mulls class action against Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Maurice Blackburn is considering starting a class action against Macquarie in light of the growing number of disgruntled Macquarie Private Wealth customers approaching the litigator. Maurice Blackburn head of the financial disputes department John Berrill ...

Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... goes further, contending that emphasis on cost is misplaced. "Opportunities for efficiency gains (which are expressly the focus of the FSI), ought to focus on the presence of economic rent, not on costs. Rent is the concept used by economists to describe ...

AdviserEdge kicks off with "live build"

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Countplus One principal Gavin Latz has won the chance to have his social media presence overhauled in real-time as part of the 2014 AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit conference on the Gold Coast. This year's conference is focusing on practical skill ...

CIO to step aside as EQT shifts focus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... made a valuable contribution to the business since he joined in 2013 but that Equity Trustees was now pursuing a different focus and approach to the one envisaged at that time. "George joined Equity Trustees in order to help us further build and develop ...

Legalsuper on hunt for CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
Industry fund legalsuper continues in its quest to expand its investment capabilities and is now on the hunt for a chief investment officer. Legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl told Financial Standard that the role would be a part-time position ...

Van Eck Global expands Australia team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
Van Eck Global has made several appointments to its Australian team to help expand its institutional presence and its exchange traded fund (ETF) business, Market Vectors ETFs. The business has appointed John Caulfield vice president of institutional ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street and European markets higher after a slew of disappointing economic reports. At 0803 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,517. Data showed that US ...

More super changes inevitable: EY report

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... the importance of superannuation to Australians, and the compulsory nature of the system, further regulatory change and focus is inevitable. This is evident in the release of the Financial System Inquiry's interim report," he said. "The industry should ...