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AFA Adviser, Practice of the Year named

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
David Reed from The Retirement Advice Centre was presented with the 2015 AFA Adviser of the Year Award at the close of another successful national conference in Cairns. At the same time, Kearney Group took home the coveted Practice of the Year Award. ...

Kylie George wins AFA Rising Star Award

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
Kylie George of Harvest Wealth has been named the 2015 AFA Rising Star. The AFA Rising Star of the Year Award, supported by ANZ Wealth, recognises exceptional new advisers who provide quality financial advice, demonstrate a commitment to education and ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Fund and superannuation administrator MainstreamBPO listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) earlier this month and the milestone promised some exciting announcements. Darren Snyder talked to SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan about ...

Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) conducted a root and branch examination of Australia's financial system, making 44 recommendations to increase efficiency, resilience and fair treatment of the financial system. In its response, the government has ...

ASIC to be handed greater powers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The government has said it will grant the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) additional powers to effectively regulate the financial services sector. More than 10 months after the release of FSI chairman David Murray's final report ...

BOQ appoints former Wallaby as specialist chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
BOQ has appointed the chief executive of its specialist business. Dr Brett Robinson joins the bank from Icon Cancer Care, where he was managing director and chief executive. He has also held roles at Mondial Assistance and IAG and played for the Wallabies ...

Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Investment managers have gone too far in pandering to the short-term investor according to Capital Group equity portfolio manager Jody Jonsson. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) event yesterday, Jonsson said there ...

La Trobe makes swathe of new hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Credit specialist La Trobe Financial has appointed 25 new staff and expanded to a second floor at its Collins Street headquarters in Melbourne. Fourteen of the 25 new hires, are experienced senior credit analysts and their appointments grow the company's ...

CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Western Asset Management chief investment officer Ken Leech believes the bond market will have reasonably low rates for longer than market participants thought at the beginning of 2015. Leech said the normalising of interest rates by the US Federal ...

Blue Sky scratches head lice from portfolio

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Blue Sky Venture Capital has exited a head lice treatment company after it entered into a $278 million commercial agreement with Indian-based Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Blue Sky invested in Hatchtech in 2013 as part of a $12 million syndicate of Australian ...