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Financial planners apply within: Westpac

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006

Financial planners are in demand and Westpac is looking to recruit healthily as it seeks to underpin its planner network to meet demand for super and retirement planning. With the Australian demographic tilting more and more heavily towards the pre-retirement ...

Tasplan reappoint Mercer

KATE HAGE | FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006

... mid-size funds are continuing down the traditional route. Tasplan general manager, Neil Cassidy, confirmed that with the focus predominantly on funds' performances, the role of asset consultants is as important as ever. "It was vital that we engaged ...

Vanguard says volatility points to indexing

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006

If you are looking for your cash plus returns back in a year's time, then roll the dice but Vanguard doesn't want to know about it. If you are serious about a genuine long-term horizon, though, then indexing is a better than average bet. According to ...

FinLit website goes live

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006

... market segments, they stressed. In fact, superannuation is just one of 12 major topic areas the website covers. But a major focus the Foundation is investing considerable resources into is integrating financial education into school, technical college ...

BT appoints new head of Super Solutions

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006

... through significant organisational, cultural and technology change programs. "BT sees this experience, as well as Gary's focus on improving the customer experience, as being critical as we move into the new super landscape post Budget 2006." Cox has ...

QIC hands global mandate to Altrinsic

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006

... QIC review of managers for the International Equity Fund, instigated with the aim of building an equal regional and global focus for the fund. Altrinsic is a US based boutique fully owned by employees and is a bottom up active value manager. Greg Liddell ...

Westpac offloads $300bn sub-custody business to HSBC

... increasingly an international business and that natural owners require global scale. Accordingly, this sale continues our focus of only running businesses where we can have a sustainable comparative advantage," said David Morgan, Westpac's chief executive. ...

Compliance alone doesn't make the grade

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006

... professional, professional is not something that should be prescribed by the regulators and, as an industry, we've had our focus all wrong, according to Financial Services Educators Agency Australia (FSEAA) general manager Deen Sanders. Speaking at the ...

Rice Walker restructures

KATE HAGE | MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006

... other areas including in the health industry, M&A, life insurance and banks, while the Melbourne based arm will continue to focus predominantly on just superannuation.

Reverse mortgages not for inexperienced advisers

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006

... Agency Australia (FSEAA), agreed with Williams on the complexity of equity release products and the need for a great industry focus. "FSEAA's official position on this is that no one should be dealing with these products unless they are a fully qualified ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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