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Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The financial services industry is at a turning point after the Senate Economics Committee report stressed the need for dramatic changes in the way the advice sector operates. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said that "Australia's complex financial ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
BT and ANZ may need to follow Industry Super Australia (ISA) in clarifying the language of their superannuation advertising campaigns, following a ruling by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over use of the term 'average' in ...

NAB appoints IPAC Securities co-founder to board

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) has appointed a co-founder of IPAC Securities as a non-executive director of the board. Peeyush Gupta is currently a non-executive director of NAB subsidiary National Wealth Management Holdings, and will start on the new ...

Health and wealth go hand in hand: Survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
One financial adviser says helping his clients meet their financial and fitness wishlist can be the right tonic for their long-term financial ails. Senior financial planner Michal Bodi from Sydney Financial Planning is a big fan of behavioural finance. ...

AustralianSuper appoints European property manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
AustralianSuper has appointed an investment manager to execute its direct office and retail property investment strategy in Europe. Rockspring Property Investment Managers' mandate will focus on large office buildings, either standalone or part of larger ...

ISA to change Compare the Pair ads

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will change its 'Compare the Pair' advertising campaign to include disclaimers after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expressed concern that the ads were misleading to consumers. In future advertisements ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
I had pancakes for breakfast. So was everyone else tuned in to overnight trading activity on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index closed flat -- ok, ok... an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie minus 0.01% if one must be pedantic about it -- after declining by as much ...

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
BNP Paribas has neared a deal with US prosecutors that would see the French bank pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives ...

Capacity issues drive super funds in-house

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
Superannuation funds are increasingly moving towards developing in-house investment capabilities in order to manage capacity issues, according JANA head of investment outcomes Steven Carew. While cost-cutting is more commonly given as the reason for ...

Affinia hires regional business consultants

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
TAL-backed Affinia Financial Advisers has appointed one business consultant for Victoria and Tasmania, and one for Western Australia and South Australia. Nadia Docker will be in charge of Victoria and Tasmania, while Natalie Pegg will look after Western ...