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Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... Parliament last Sunday. "At the same time, following today's Eurogroup Working Group meeting, it has appeared that further technical work between Greece and the troika is needed in a number of areas, including the closure of the fiscal gap of a,-325 ...

Rainmaker appoints new head of technical services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Rainmaker Group has appointed industry veteran, James Proctor, to the newly created role of head of technical services. With over 19 years experience in the financial services industry as a technical taxation, superannuation and social security expert ...

Colley departs OnePath for SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
OnePath's head of technical sales strategy Andrew Lowe will cover the position of national technical manager Graeme Colley following his departure, the company has told Financial Standard. Colley is leaving OnePath after more than 10 years to take up ...

BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... deep understanding of the product and adviser market, we believe Tony is a perfect fit for the newly formed role. His technical background combined with a strong planner network will be crucial to the growth of BetaShares and raising the profile of the ...

ASIC questioned over new powers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... rigorous retirement income projections and many plans contained woefully inadequate projections with poor or unrealistic technical assumptions," said Kell. "There was too much generic and pro-forma advice...in many cases it was not particularly helpful ...

Pengana fund manager departs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... of fund manager Elan Miller's departure from the team before Christmas. Miller has been replaced in his role as technical analyst for the strategy by new recruit Yan Zhang, while investment analyst Mengda Shu who is based in Shanghai has also been ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... time, you get higher unemployment, sharp hits to company profits and a slowdown in the Australian economy without a technical recession, largely due to the momentum in the big mining construction projects.'' So what do we do now? Take all our investments ...

New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... current platforms on the APL including BT Wrap, IOOF and Perpetual. "Other services we are exploring are para planning, technical support and business management." With Count being the only financial planning firm of focus for CBA, Lane agreed that part ...

Reinsurance talent runs dry

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Australia's reinsurance industry is running low on job candidates, particularly analysts and actuaries, resulting in companies turning their focus offshore to other markets. While reinsurance employees are comparatively loyal to their firms, analyst ...

AMP: Women putting advice on hold

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... away from financial advice until later on in life, leaving them open to a number of financial risks, said AMP Head of Technical Strategies Wealth Protection Chris Kirby. "In some cases, women take care of the day-to-day financial management of their ...