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Outgoing QIC chief appointed to Suncorp board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... and was professor of economics and associate dean at Bond University. "I am delighted to appoint two directors of the quality of Dr Doug McTaggart and Mr Michael Cameron. Each has several decades of experience in the financial markets and businesses ...

Conflict of interest still key issue: ASIC shadow shop

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... consumers in its latest shadow shop research on financial advice. The results of the 2011 survey, carried out to test the quality of advice given to consumers in or nearing retirement, are due to be released in the "next little while" according to John ...

Fiducian acquisition expands planning business

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... including Fiducian shareholders and certainly the clients of State Trustees who will greatly benefit from the expertise and quality of the Fiducian Financial Planning service offering," said the company's managing director, Indy Singh. "We are looking ...

ASIC questioned over new powers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... as "poor". The remaining 61% were graded as "adequate" by a panel. "There is a clear need for an improvement in the quality of advice and a reduction in the conflicts of interest in this industry." Kell said the latest survey has shown disappointingly ...

FOFA Tranche 2 reforms tabled in Parliament today

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... Cooper Review that insurance commissions within superannuation be prohibited as they have the potential to affect the quality of advice and the findings of ASIC shadow shopping surveys that illustrate that in case of poor advice, over half involved poor ...

SPAA board appoints new member

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... business experience from building her own practice, means the SPAA Board will be well equipped to continue to improve the quality of advice in the industry," said Sharyn Long SPAA chairman. "Carolyn's background in financial services industry education ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Vamos. "An increase in the SG will take the pressure off the Age Pension and assist more working Australians to a better quality of life in retirement." Financial planners are also welcoming the bill's approval by MPs. "This legislation better supports ...

Research houses in regulatory spotlight

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... conflicts of interest are properly managed. The consultation paper was developed over concerns about the independence and quality of research reports. Under the ASIC proposals, research houses would be physically and electronically separated from business ...

DKN and Lonsdale heads leave and form BT advice unit

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... would like to emphasise that Andrew, Mario and Kon's departure will have no impact on the extensive range and high quality of services that the DKN Group has provided to date," read the email. "We would like to thank Andrew, Mario and Kon for the strong ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... and Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. "This protest vote is a clear message from global investors that the current quality of corporate governance and behavior at News Corp is unacceptable. Our position is clear and we are not going away," said ACSI ...