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Banned adviser spent client savings on sports car business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Sydney financial adviser Gabriel Nakhl which permanently prevents him from providing financial services after he used clients' cash on his sports ...

Class Super appoints new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Super IP, owner of self-managed super fund (SMSF) software provider Class Super has appointed David Smith as its new chief executive. Smith, a former partner of PKF Sydney and a former senior executive of Solution 6, will take over the top job from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite a positive lead from Wall Street where The Dow and S&P 500 blasted to new records in erly trade. At 0928 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,379. ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
"Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours Neighbours...should be there for one another" -- Neighbours theme song Not play 'I spy' with each other. Only last month, news broke that documents leaked by US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward ...

CBA follows ASIC's lead in Senate submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has followed the lead of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and is asking for a detailed public register of financial advisers in a submission to the Senate inquiry on the regulator's performance. The ...

Investec launches banking products for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
Investec Australia is tapping into the financial planning sector with the launch of a personal banking offering for advisers. The bank already works with about 250 independent advice firms and manages approximately $750 million of client funds, but ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... the Australian sharemarket up. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said people were still trying to digest what the 60-point plan out of China's third plenum meant. Among the reforms were a relaxing of the one child policy, easing of urbanisation laws restricting ...

Should super have its own regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
The superannuation sector could benefit from having its own exclusive regulator, according to Challenger's director of retirement Income Jeremy Cooper. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) annual conference in Perth ...

AUI plans property trust merger

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) will allow investors to vote on a potential merger between Australian Unity Fifth Commercial Trust (FCT) and the larger, more diversified, Australian Unity Office Property Fund (OPF). OPF is an unlisted property fund ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... close at 2,005.64. Shanghai surged 1.68 per cent, or 35.32 points, to 2,135.83 on speculation that Beijing will announce a plan to revamp the country's vast state sector. The index had tumbled earlier this week after a much-anticipated reform plan by ...