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Everest winds down operations

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... wrote a letter to shareholders, insisting the Everest board should be removed because of litigation issues, excessive remuneration and its failed strategy that resulted in the decreased value of Everest shares. Wingate nominated three directors to replace ...

Finsia launches fin services credential

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... would improve public perception of poor conduct in financial services including poor financial advice, excessive remuneration and the collapse of managed investment schemes. The credential is designed to be inline with the proposed regulatory reforms ...

Securitor tags AFG for mortgages

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... businesses." AFG will provide product comparison, CRM, business management and online application software, competitive remuneration terms, a comprehensive panel of lenders, compliance and marketing support and a nationwide business development team. ...

Planners advising ETFs double

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... using ETFs in the next year. Only 5 per cent say they plan to use less ETFs. "The rapid changes happening in planner remuneration models are translating to increased use of indexing, direct equities, and ETFs," said Mark Johnston, principal of Investment ...

FPA board member resigns, airs governance concerns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... Association (FPA) board due to concerns about the association's governance practices and its fixation on planner remuneration. Rob Pedersen, appointed to the FPA board in 2007, said he has lost confidence that the FPA board understands how to represent ...

Planners gain insto help with fee for service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
A large financial services group is giving financial planners that are moving to a fee for service remuneration model a helping hand. MLC is providing workshops to all financial planners following significant demand from advice firms outside the MLC ...

AFA airs planner worries on fin reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... to allow planners and their representatives to voice their concerns. This includes questions on how volume-based remuneration will be set post-reforms; the intra-fund advice relief for super funds and whether advisers should have a similar exemption ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... senior executives receiving lower-than-expected bonuses from their current employers, knowing they could get better remuneration packages from rival firms. Low morale within their existing employer wil also trigger more staff departures. "Because we've ...

Govt consults on advice reforms

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... exemption and adviser charging," he said. "There will also be consultation about whether to extend the ban on conflicted remuneration structures to risk insurance." Treasury is holding information sessions on the reform package in Sydney and Melbourne. ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... looking to leave the market. He said the government's financial advice reforms, which proposed banning conflicted remuneration, such as trail commissions, volume rebates and bonuses, is forcing many practice owners to assess their future in the industry. ...