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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian share market is trading slightly lower ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monthly interest rate decision. Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter Esho said a lower gold price was weighing upon the resources sector and ...

RFM tangled up on wine, chicken and almond saga

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Rural Funds Management (RFM) plans to marry wine, chicken and almond investments into an ASX-listed fund have stumbled into yet another obstacle after the company itself admitted to issuing false statements. "It has been brought to our attention by ...

Financial execs have poor ethics, little regulatory knowledge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Most financial service executives admit that career progression is difficult without "flexible" ethical standards and only 12% are confident in their knowledge of the regulatory environment, a CFA Institute research found. The global study, entitled ...

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The low income superannuation contribution (LISC) looks set to be scrapped following the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's recommendation that the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) and Other Measures Bill 2013 be passed. In its report to the ...

Bankrupt adviser gets nine month ban

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a Queensland-based financial adviser from providing financial services after becoming an undischarged bankrupt. Alistair Frank McCreath, of the Sunshine Coast, has been banned for ...

YBR to service corporate super group clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) will provide services to Super Advice Services' client base, a corporate superannuation and insurance provider serving over 50,000 employees in Australia and New Zealand. YBR has signed a joint venture agreement with Super Advice ...

Canberra adviser rolls out pilot project to engage GenYs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
An MLC financial adviser based in Canberra has come up with Cashflow Coach, a pilot program designed to engage GenYs in financial planning. Cashflow Coach, which has been designed by financial adviser Michael Miller, gathers about 10 young people together ...

AMP's Ipac unveils Next Generation Advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Ipac has started to implement Next Generation Advice, a program designed to improve communication with clients and to deliver consistency across the group's practices all over the country. The AMP-owned dealer group has appointed Matthew Fogarty as ...

OneVue appoints senior distribution executive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
OneVue has appointed David Storm to the newly created role of head of platform strategy, sales and service. Storm joins from IOOF where he was head of distribution for Australian Executor Trustees, the SMSF provider for the IOOF group. Storm will work ...

Santa Claus is comin' to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013