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CFA results are in for 2500 finance professionals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
More than 2500 Australian investment professionals have now received their results from the June CFA Institute exams, earning global recognition and certification of their skills. The CFA Institute, an international organisation of investment professionals ...

Challenger results prove annuity winner

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Challenger Limited full year results has revealed a "stellar growth in annuities" with a 56% rise in retail sales growth to $1.46 billion and life cash earnings up 19% to $401 million. Challenger also posted normalised net profit after tax up 7% to ...

Zenith secures two advice firms

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Zenith Investment Partners has secured two new advice practices and their offices to its primary research provider lists. Zenith was selected as the national research provider for RetireCare Personal Wealth Management advice firm and its four offices ...

Van Der Wielen heads to UK group Friends Life

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Just 12 months and three weeks after taking the top job, John Van Der Wielen has resigned from ANZ Wealth as managing director to move to UK group, Friends Life. Friends Life brings together the UK operations of Friends Provident and the life assurance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... against the yen after a Wall Street Journal report cited Japan's top currency official saying Japanese authorities do not plan to intervene often to prevent the yen from rising too higher. The Australian dollar was at 79.75 yen, up from Friday's local ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... ask hard enough, they might just get the double-dip they ask for. I guess it's now up to Big Ben to come up with another plan - a plan to short circuit the market's negative predisposition, lest the financial markets will America into a double dip. Big ...

Planning practices will sell on earnings not revenue after opt-in

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Financial advisors need to improve their earnings not their revenues if they want to sell their businesses, a strategic advisory firm has said. Hunts' Group Consulting, which gives strategic growth advice to the wealth management industry, knows how ...

PIS names new CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... away from day-to-day operations at PIS to focus on the planning group's growth strategy, in particular a three-year business plan of developing and realising emerging growth opportunities for the group.

ASX CEO search underway as results announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
The Australian Securities Exchange has shown modest full year results with the hunt for a new chief executive and managing director underway. Current head, Robert Elstone, is due to depart in October. In the ASX's full year results, statutory net profit ...

Development, not cash, job market motivator

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Cash incentives are not enough in today's financial industry workplace, with long term career development now the top spot on finance candidates wish lists. The allure of long-term career development was found to be the most attractive asset a finance ...