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St George names new planning heads in strategy push

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
St George Banking Group continues its multi-brand strategy push, announcing new roles for planning heads for Bank of Melbourne and St George Financial Planning, as the group builds its advice full-service offer to Victorian customers. The St.George ...

Praemium appoints new CEO as platform business booms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
Portfolio administration and separately managed account technology provider Praemium has appointed Michael Ohanessian as its new chief executive officer, replacing Arthur Naoumidis who has taken up a consultancy role with the company. Having founded ...

Re-financing of aged care announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... recommendations, aged care providers would be obliged to publish easy to understand fee structures. If accepted by government, the plan would be implemented in three stages over a five year period.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
The Australian share market had clawed back some losses at noon after Standard and Poor's downgraded the United States credit rating for the first time in history over the weekend. After plunging four per cent on Friday, the local bourse was down more ...

ANZ fears regulation could hamper scaled advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
ANZ Wealth head Paul Barrett believes that the current definitions of 'best interest' advice could halt the industry's migration into the world of scaled advice. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) conference, Barrett spoke of the need ...

FSC insurance churn action divides planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Financial advisers fear that new measures from the Financial Services Council aimed at reducing churn in the insurance market will lead to some penalties for acting in the best interest of a client. Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive officer ...

Planners urged to commit to the cloud

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The use of cloud technology can open up more client bases for financial advisers, said an online portfolio provider. Executive director of Sharesight, Andrew Bird explained said the cloud computing process made it easier to connect different systems ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The impending loss of trailing commissions for managed funds has made listed investment companies more attractive by leveling the playing field, an industry insider said yesterday. John Robinson, chairman of Global Mining Investments (GMI), a listed ...

Regnan announces new manager director

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) specialist Regnan has promoted former deputy managing director Amanda Wilson as the new managing director of the company. Regnan produces investment-ready ESG data on S&P/ASX200 companies, designed ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Yeouch! You can hear this cry from New York to Rio and old London town as financial markets received a battering. Somebody must have forgotten to tell the markets it's only August and not October. Equity markets, commodity markets and bond yields (bond ...