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Rebalancing growth smoothly Australia's key challenge: Bloxham

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
With the commodity prices having peaked, the economy is finally freed up to rebalance growth in 2013-14 away from mining and towards other sectors, according to Paul Bloxham HSBC chief economist Australia and NZ. Bloxham reminds investors that a larger ...

Insto investors confront liquidity crunch

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
Institutional investors have responded to liquidity concerns flagged by the global financial crisis by rethinking their asset allocation strategies, according to a new State Street report. The research, entitled The Asset Owners' Perspective: Evolving ...

La Trobe mortgage fund scoops industry award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
La Trobe Financial's Pooled Mortgages Option (PMO) has won the Money Magazine Gold Award for the Best Mortgage Fund in Australia for the fourth consecutive year. Chris Andrews, head of funds management at La Trobe Financial said: "This is another milestone ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
The Australian market is set for a modestly higher open higher after a surge in bank stocks fuelled gains on Wall Street. At 0818 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,531. In local economic news, the ...

Adviser permanently banned after eight year fraud

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
ASIC yesterday obtained court orders permanently banning a financial adviser after the NSW Supreme Court found she defrauded clients of more than $3.6 million over eight years. According to a statement from ASIC, the Court ruled that Melinda Scott would ...

New ipac managing director for AMP

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
AMP Financial Services (AFS) has appointed Tim Steele as managing director of ipac. He will report to AMP director of Advice Network and strategic development Andrew Waddell. Steele is currently director of Horizons, AMP's planner academy. Neil Swindells ...

PIS expands management expertise

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Dealer group, Professional Investment Services(PIS) has expanded its management team with the appointment of three executive managers. Peter Walther CEO said the continued attraction of high calibre people to the executive team reflected the enormous ...

Audit report "disappointing"

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
ASIC boss Greg Medcraft has said that the results of the corporate watchdog's latest audit inspection show a drop in quality and are disappointing. The report for the 18 months to 30 June 2012 covered inspections of 20 Australian audit firms and found ...

New support tools bridge adviser gap

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... bridge that gap." By working closely with their practice development manager, Englund says advisers can implement an action plan on how to increase the value of their business, further maximising the benefits of both of the above initiatives. "This program ...

Tyndall AM completes management team

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Tyndall AM has finalised its senior management team with the appointment of Linda Garry as senior manager, marketing and communications. Matt Russell, head of sales and marketing at Tyndall AM, said that the business has built a strong management team ...