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Investors rush for capital protected loans

Investors are going gangbusters for capital protected margin lending products as a way to ride the market mood swings, according to the latest data from the Reserve Bank. Capital protected loans are investment products where the investor is not subject ...

GIO Insurance directors hit with heavy penalties

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
Three former directors of GIO Insurance were disqualified and dealt hefty fines by the NSW Supreme Court after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into their dishonest and improper conduct. Geoffrey Vines, Francis ...

Tollhurst Noall signs up for managed accounts

... product also provides an innovative mechanism to separate the provision of funds management from investment advice," said Robert Davies, the group's retail broking development manager. Separate managed accounts can be used as an alternative to traditional ...

Another Elm associate banned by ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... in the financial services industry. Andrew Terracini of the ACT was banned for seven years and Howard Young of NSW and Robert Kay of NSW were banned from operating a company for five years. "Industry players who deliberately target less experienced or ...

How Good does it get for Superpartners?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... largest superannuation administrator Superpartners has appointed a new executive manager, corporate and insurance services. Robert Good joins the fund administrator after previously being the national manager of business superannuation at AXA Australia ...

Time for another Wallis Inquiry

... need to grow substantially," said Professor Harper, who co-wrote a paper on the topic alongside former BRW deputy editor Robert Skeffington. "Justification for blocking outright mergers among the big four banks must be tested. Competition is strong ...

ING launches new tool for employer super advisers

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
... want help negotiating the regulations and complexity in employer super. ING's national sales manager for employer super, Robert Bergin, added that the tool is honed specifically for growing employer super business. "LeaderBoard is not for everyone and ...

SFE claims first ASX scalp

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... group at $5.3 billion, the ASX buckled under institutional pressure, agreeing to instead appoint SFE's managing director, Robert Elstone, as chief executive of the merged group. The merger will push the group up to number nine in the world's largest ...

WB planner expansion Australia-wide

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
... its Brisbane, Canberra and Perth offices following the appointment of another two advisers in New South Wales last month. Robert Hay will join the Brisbane team. Andrew Hunt has set up his own WB financial office and is looking to expand onto the Gold ...

Perpetual profits to jump 13 per cent

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
... forecast a 13 per cent jump in its 2006 full year after tax profits on the back of strong net inflows. Perpetual Chairman, Robert Savage, said he expected the growth story to continue well through this year and into calendar year 2007. "The current outlook ...