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Bond broker targets WA planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities has opened an office in Perth to provide bond investment services to financial planners in Western Australia. FIIG, which has over $6 billion in term deposits under advice, will give WA planners access to short term ...

Christian Super joins Government to seed community fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Christian Super has teamed up with the Australian Government to provide financing for a new $20 million social enterprise investment fund. Brisbane based Foresters Community Finance will manage the Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF) ...

SPAA calls for fraud net to be cast wider

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association has called for greater investor protection against fraudulent investment schemes, proposing a levy on all product providers. SPAA is urging broader reforms around insurance and compensation measures ...

Bendigo Wealth plays part in group profits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
The recently formed Bendigo Wealth made a 14% contribution to Bendigo and Adelaide's $342 million full year profit for 2010/2011. The wealth management division was officially launched in April, offering margin lending, cash, investment, managed fund ...

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 ...

CFSGAM appoints soft commodities specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed a new senior analyst to its Global Resources team to focus on the growing soft commodities sector. Mario Maia joins CFSGAM from Merrill Lynch where he covered chemicals, paper and packaging ...

Market plunge exposes system weakness: Cooper

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Friday's 4% stock market fall, which caused more than $20 billion to be wiped from superannuation account balances, further exposed Australia's over reliance on equities in retirement, said Jeremy Cooper, Challenger's chairman, retirement incomes. Superannuation ...

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 ...

New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Australian companies will be under pressure to publish their environmental, social and governance risk under a new reporting guide launched today. The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have ...