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Magellan expands chairman role, appoints CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
Magellan Financial Group has shifted Brett Cairns from the role of non-executive chairman to that of executive chairman, effective 1 January 2015. Cairns will also be appointed chairman of the group's main operating subsidiary Magellan Asset Management ...

Macquarie announces $678m profit, appoints director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... half last year, but an 11% decrease on the six months up to March 2014. The bank also announced the appointment of Gordon Cairns to the boards of both Macquarie Group Limited and Macquarie Bank Limited. Cairns is currently chairman of Origin Energy Limited ...

AFA crowns Adviser and Practice of the Year

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... the Year. Sponsored by Zurich, the awards were presented at a gala dinner at the AFA 2014 National Adviser Conference in Cairns. Based in Brisbane, Complete Financial Balance is licensed under Aon Hewitt and its principal and senior financial adviser ...

Labor considers ban on insurance commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... advice from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at the AFA National Adviser Conference in Cairns, shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told media that while Labor exempted risk advisers from a commission ban under FoFA, it was ...

AFA presents Excellence in Education award

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... Management has won the 2014 AFA Excellence in Education Award, presented at the AFA 2014 National Adviser Conference in Cairns today. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Asteron Life presented the award, now in its seventh year, which recognises ...

Remove adviser double tax: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... under the current state payroll tax, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) told delegates at its annual conference in Cairns. The AFA will lobby for an exemption for financial advisers to be included in the payroll tax rules for each Australian ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
AFA chief executive Brad Fox set the scene for this year's Conference in Cairns unveiling the 'AFA Narrative', a redesigned strategy built around the concepts of market health, advice culture, regulation, public perceptions and advice factors. "We've ...

AFA names 10th Rising Star Award winner

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... Budge of My Wealth Solutions has been named the 2014 AFA Rising Star of the Year at the AFA National Adviser Conference in Cairns. The award, now in its 10th year, was presented by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ANZ Wealth and recognises ...

Enter AFA's best tweet competition

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... Sunday," the spokesperson said. "We also thought it would be good to tweet a simple tweet on the day you are travelling up to Cairns. Be great if any of you see the #onmyway tweets retweeted. Really looking forward to your involvement and trending would ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... tagline for the conference this year is "Innovate: Think. Create. Act." The AFA expects 800-900 delegates to descend on the Cairns Convention Centre for the four-day conference which runs from 11-14 October. Former Australian Football League chief executive ...