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Wingate pushes for Everest board removal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... letter to shareholders, Wingate insists 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. Since its peak in 2007, $1,000 invested in ...

FPA appoints Rantall to top job

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... Pembroke between 2003 and 2008 where he helped the dealer group transition more than 200 advisers to a fee-for-service remuneration model in 2006. In 2008, he helped develop The NAB Academy, where he was dean of advice until he took on this role. Prior ...

ASX companies fall short on corruption disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Engagement, agreed with the research, adding that local companies must align bribery and corruption penalties with remuneration. "More than 80 per cent of all top 200 Australian companies disclose a policy on dealing with ethics but only four per cent ...

Industry prepares for new advice era

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... property group Westpoint and financial planning firm Storm Financial. Central to the reforms is the ban on conflicted remuneration, such as trail commissions, volume rebates and bonuses, and shelf fees paid to platforms. Instead, the government proposes ...

FPA and AFA back members to remain in industry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... adopting some of the reforms. Sanders said the association is working with its membership to move to a fee-for-service remuneration model, and 85 per cent of them have told the FPA they can already provide advice on a fee-for-service basis. He expects ...

Govt response to exec remuneration falls short: Regnan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... governance firm is frustrated the government has not backed a proposal from the Productivity Commission's executive remuneration report that could better align departing executives interests with long-term shareholders. The Productivity Commission's ...

More super funds to introduce performance pay: survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
Almost all super funds will have a performance component built into the remuneration packages of their senior management within the next five years, and there are more fundamental changes ahead in the way super fund executives and staff get paid as ...

Planning firm to drop commission-based insurance advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... mortgages. The decision goes against common practice in the planning industry of maintaining a commissions-based remuneration model on insurance advice while moving towards fee-for-service on superannuation and investments advice. But under the Godfrey ...

Infocus plans further expansion

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... to 98 offices June 2011," he said. Infocus recently announced that it was implementing "professional fees" as the remuneration structure across its planning practices, effective 1 July. "It is Infocus' belief that the debate around 'fee for service' ...

Asgard spends big on platform upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... were designed to reflect the changing regulatory environment and prepare financial advisers for the FPA and IFSA's remuneration policies. Around 5,300 financial advisers use the Asgard platforms. "This review has resulted in an entirely new direction ...