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Coalition confirms plans for FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... the ground running and we have already drafted the 50 odd amendments to FOFA legislation necessary to give effect to our plan," the shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann said. "We will implement all 16 recommendations ...

Buffett gives $2 billion to Gates Foundation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Legendary investor and billionaire Warren Buffet has continued his annual donation plan by giving more than $US2.6 billion ($2.9 billion) worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five charities. The largest proportion of Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares ...

Life insurance risk sees downfall in sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Life insurance risk sales declined, while premium inflows increased between March 2012 and March 2013, latest Plan For Life report shows. Overall sales were down by 4.7% with AIA leading the downfall with losses of 16.2%, followed by CommInsure with ...

ASIC bans Gateway Financial adviser permanently

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a former Gateway Financial adviser, which is an authorised representative of Titanium Planners. Joshua John Doyle from Bradbury, New South Wales, has been permanently ...

Fidelity set to expand Australian presence

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
New Fidelity country head Michael Bargholz has confirmed plans to expand Fidelity's investment capability in Australia with a number of new products. The global asset manager's top-performing Australian equities provision will be grown to include a ...

Kenyon Partners to get new name by October

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
Kenyon Partners is set to rename its business in October, the company's chief executive Paul Tynan has confirmed. Kenyon Partners has submitted four names to the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC), and will most likely change its ...

BT insurance available on Asgard

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Individual life insurance policies are available now on the Asgard platforms for the first time with the launch of BT life insurance through its platform. BT Protection Plans can be accessed through super accounts on Asgard's platforms, BT Wrap as well ...

Financial planners opt for software homogeneity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The financial planning software market is looking more and more like a one-horse race, according to research by Investment Trends. In its May 2013 Planner Technology Report, Investment Trends found that IRESS's platform XPLAN has increased its market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The Australian share market has opened close to one per cent higher, continuing the week's trend of significant moves both higher and lower. A day of gains on Friday to follow Thursday's rises would end the trend of one day of heavy losses being following ...

Adviser uses dead people to earn commission

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a Sydney financial adviser for using the names of dead and non-existent people to earn commissions on insurance applications. Pavan Vyas, an employee of Lionsgate Financial ...