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ASIC imposes AFSL conditions on Lionsgate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
ASIC has imposed additional conditions on the Australian financial services licence of NSW-based Lionsgate Financial Group Pty Ltd following a surveillance of its advice business. According to the regulator, Lionsgate currently has 103 authorised representatives ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
I'm an Aussie and I'll cry if I want to. I'll cry if I want to, I'll cry if I want to. My good pal, Alex 'yes we can' Dunnin - Rainmaker's Director of Editorial & Research - emailed me yesterday Malcolm Maiden's piece in the Sydney Morning Herald titled ...

Media Super gets MySuper approval

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Media Super has joined the early ranks of super funds authorised to offer a low cost MySuper product from 1 July 2013. Media Super acting CEO Michael Rooney announced that formal notification had been received from the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

New UK fin services watchdog polls public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Following the SEC's direct appeal to the public for information, the incoming Financial Conduct Authority in the UK is asking the public for input about what information they'd like the regulator and the financial services industry to disclose. The ...

Strong returns help UniSuper stave off benefit review

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Recovering capital markets boosting UniSuper's investment returns have helped to lift the solvency funding ratios of the fund's defined benefit division - enough for the trustee to defer a decision on reviewing member benefits. While the trustee is ...

Lost super deadline closes in

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian Taxation Office is reminding superannuation funds they have less than three months before the 31 May deadline to transfer certain lost super accounts to the Australian Taxation Office. Lost super under the requirements are defined as ...

SEC consults direct to the public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission in the US is appealing directly to the public in a review of whether to make new rules about regulatory obligations for broker-dealers and retail investment advisers. The initiative stands in contrast to Australian ...

Fee for service mortgage broking for $3500

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Mortgage broker Independent Mortgage Planners has launched a $3,500 flat-fee brokerage service for home buyers and property investors. IMP is an independent online broking service based in the Hunter Valley in NSW. A statement issued by Craig Morgan ...

AFA makes board and exec changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers has made a number of changes to its board and senior executive following a recent meeting. Brad Fox, recently appointed as AFA chief executive, has resigned from the position of AFA Treasurer to take up the role ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for February is due out as is the ANZ job advertisements series for month just ended, the Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey and the NAB quarterly online retail sales index. No major equities ...