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Govt recommends 3 per cent super top-up for under 40s

The Federal Government has made a series of recommendations in a bid to improve the superannuation savings of people aged under 40, including raising the current 9 per cent compulsory super contribution by 3 per cent. The House of Representatives Committee ...

Former Westpac rep rips off $500k

A former Westpac Banking Corporation representative has received a permanent ban from providing financial services after being found guilty of misappropriating client money worth around half a million dollars. Former Westpac representative, David Jarrett ...

WB planner expansion Australia-wide

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
WB financial has appointed five new advisers to its Brisbane, Canberra and Perth offices following the appointment of another two advisers in New South Wales last month. Robert Hay will join the Brisbane team. Andrew Hunt has set up his own WB financial ...

PIS set for a million dollar make-over

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Professional Investment Services (PIS) has announced it has partnered with Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) in a move designed to bring best practice to its substantial network. PIS is one of Australia's largest networks of financial advisers, accountants ...

Counting on SMAs with Praemium

Count Financial, the country's third largest network of financial advisers, has signed up with Praemium/MLIM's separately managed account (SMA) platform. While the managed accounts sector is well-established in the US, the local market is yet to embrace ...

Accountants come under shadow shop radar

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
Unlicensed advisers and accountants will also fall under ASIC's radar, in the fallout of the shadow shopping survey results unveiled last week, revealing that over 22 representatives gave advice out of their realm. Speaking at the FPA's Sydney chapter ...

ASIC shadow shopping: the good, the bad and the ugly

The much-anticipated shadow shopping survey conducted by ASIC post-choice has revealed that around 80 per cent of financial advisers gave 'reasonable advice' or better, but an unacceptably high 20 per cent made consumers worse-off. And that is just ...

Woolies goes shopping and finds AMP

In a major corporate super master trust churn, Woolworths Group Superannuation Scheme (WGSS) has signed on with AMP's Signature Super Master Trust, leaving behind Mercer after a four month review. After receiving detailed proposals from AMP and Mercer ...

IFSA CEO pushes for IFRS changes

IFSA CEO, Richard Gilbert, has played an important role in paving the way for potential changes to the new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), reported in the Financial Standard yesterday. The Financial Standard reported on plans to ...

Financial Wisdom on target to exceed 400 advisers

Financial Wisdom Limited's Western Australia division has picked up several financial services practices in recent months, which they predict will push their number of authorised representative advisers to over 400 by the end of 2005. The recent acquisitions ...