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TAL appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... officer and acting chief executive officer at Tyndall Investment Management. Clarke recently co-authored a joint report with Plan for Life, Direct Life Insurance in Australia: Racing onto the Radar, which predicted that - complementing strong growth ...

Planners ignore EMs when advising clients

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
Most financial planners have never mentioned emerging markets to their clients, said a Goldman Sachs Asset Management Survey. Of the more than 1000 "active" investors surveyed, 83% said that their financial planner had never mentioned investing in countries ...

WA planners reject big dealer groups

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
Many financial planning practices in Western Australia are disillusioned with their institutionally-aligned dealer groups, said Synchron's manager for the state. Independent dealer group Synchron has grown its presence in Western Australia by 50% since ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... open higher following strong gains on international bourses amid hopes US political leaders will agree on a debt reduction plan to avoid the looming fiscal cliff of spending cuts and tax hikes which could send America back into recession. At 0641 AEDT ...

Advisers must change mindset in face of FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
The biggest challenge for financial planners in the face of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms is to change their mindset from one of selling products to that of providing a quality service for consumers, according to MyAdivser's Philippa ...

New hires to oversee $2 billion project pipeline

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
AMP Capital has made hires in a direct property division to oversee $2 billion worth of planned retail development. AMP Capital Shopping Centres has appointed Mark Kirkland as head of development, David Woodcock as general manager major project delivery ...

Two boutiques merge to target SMEs

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Two established boutique practices in the financial services industry, Neil White Financial Services and Ellingworth Pearce and Associates have joined forces to form Next Step Financial Strategies. Bringing together White's 20-plus years' experience ...

FPA awards Australia's best financial planners

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Three financial planners from Victoria have scooped the Financial Planning Association's top national accolades at this year's Best Practice Awards. The awards are designed to acknowledge the positive contribution made by Australia's best financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... from the fiscal cliff, with both sides stressing a willingness to find common ground and craft a long-term deficit reduction plan. LONDON - European stock market indices dropped as investors focused on US budget talks to avert a fiscal crisis that could ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
The Australian share market has opened flat with investors appearing cautious due to negative leads out of Europe and the US. At 1040 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.3 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,351.5, while the broader All ...