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Wealth Enhancers boosts team with AFL talent

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... firm Wealth Enhancers is focusing on working out a financial plan for professional athletes and has employed ex-footballer Ben Warren as relationship manager within the Sports and Entertainment department. Warren is also a finance student and has taken ...

Centric Wealth appoints new board member

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
Centric Wealth has appointed Bonnie Boezeman to its board of directors. She has spent 12 years as managing director and chair of Time Life Australia and 23 years in international management with Time Warner. Boezeman also held the position of Chair ...

Wall Street up till it was down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
This is absurd, I thought to myself when I woke up and saw Wall Street on the up and up, punctuated by headlines such as: "Dow Average Approaches Record After GDP, Jobless Claims" (Bloomberg) "Wall Street edges higher, Dow and S&P records a hurdle" ...

Annuities boost Challenger growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Challenger sales of its annuities products increased by 55 per cent to $1.98 billion compared to the same period the previous year, according to half-year results announced this morning. This includes growth of $1.06 billion in retail sales and $921 ...

New regime for accountants: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Speaking at an industry briefing, Federal minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten has thanked the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) for its input in proposed rules regarding the provision of financial advice. The Institute ...

Strong result for AIA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Life insurer AIA Group Limited has delivered record value of new business of $1.19 billion for the year ended 30 November 2012, across the 16 markets it operates in Asia-Pacific. "AIA Australia continues to support AIA Group's strong results and record ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Phew! We got passed that air pocket so easily, didn't we now? Equities are once again flying high. Never mind the still inconclusive Italian elections because judging from last night's Italian bond auction, financial markets aren't really that scared. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... consumer confidence and overnight gains on Wall Street. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after US Federal Reserve head Ben Bernanke reaffirmed the central bank's huge monetary easing scheme, but a stronger yen sent Tokyo lower. Investors remained ...

AFA outlines stance on conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has prepared a document, due for public release shortly, expressing its concerns over the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) consultation paper on conflicted remuneration. The AFA already ...

More fund automation after NAB Asset Servicing deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... that automation brings to our funds is a great benefit to them, and us," UBS head of Global Asset Management in Australasia Ben Heap said.