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FPA Congress begins amid FoFA unrest

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress kicked off in Adelaide this morning, in the wake of the Senate's disallowance of the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. "Our professional body has ...

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The government will continue with its quest to push through amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms despite last night's crushing defeat in the Senate. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told ABC Radio this morning that the government ...

India mutual funds reach A$149bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The government's announcement of a free trade agreement (FTA) with India that Prime Minister Tony Abbott proposes to conclude over the next 12 months will focus the attention of Australian money managers on India's AUD$149 billion mutual funds market. ...

Platinum reshuffles management after deputy CIO departure

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
The departure of its deputy chief investment officer will see Platinum Asset Management make a number of key management changes from 2015. Jacob Mitchell, the portfolio manager of the Platinum Japan Fund and deputy chief investment officer is set to ...

Profile: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand chief executive Lee White

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... a history-making merger between the ICAA and NZICA and is now making lifelong learning a priority for accountants. Alice Uribe reports. By his own estimation, Lee White is from a "modest" background - he was born and raised in Sydney's Northern Beaches ...

Minto re-elected as ASFA board chair

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014

Liam Shorte named FS Smileys Scholar of the Year

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
Verante Financial Planning director Liam Shorte has won this year's Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence (SMILEYS) Scholarship. The FS Smileys Scholarship, proudly supported by Financial Standard's scholarship partner ...

market wrap PM

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
The Australian share market has opened slightly higher on positive leads from Wall Street but it's under pressure as two major banks go ex-dividend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 again closed at record highs overnight, for the second ...

Active management offers little value: Towers Watson

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
Institutional investors are getting little value from active management and must focus on total returns to remain competitive, according to Towers Watson global head of investment Chris Ford. Speaking at the 2014 Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne ...

Jarrod Brown resurfaces at Wingate

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Former Bennelong Funds Management chief executive Jarrod Brown has resurfaced as a director of the Wingate Group. He will be responsible for Wingate's investor relations and lead a coordinated capital funding strategy to support Wingate's ongoing expansion. ...