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FPA Future2 award goes to Kathy Havers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has awarded the 2014 Future2 Community Service of the Year Award to Catalyst Financial Group adviser Kathy Havers. The award was announced at the FPA Congress in Adelaide and recognises FPA members ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Brisbane-based Visis Private Wealth adviser Stephen Godfrey won the Financial Planning Association (FPA) financial planner of the year award presented at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall highlighted Godfrey's "fact finding ...

Profile: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand chief executive Lee White

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Lee White, chief executive of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, is the first accountant to lead the body. He recently oversaw a history-making merger between the ICAA and NZICA and is now making lifelong learning a priority for accountants. ...

Nikko AM adds senior executives to global team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... Nikko Asset Management has appointed three senior executives to lead the firm's consultant relations globally, sales in North Asia and client development in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. London-based John Howland-Jackson has joined as vice chairman ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
hanghai and Hong Kong's equity markets stood out yesterday. The Shanghai composite index surged by 2.3% and the Hang Seng index gained more than 0.8% despite renewed anxiety over a China slowdown ignited by price data showing that consumer price inflation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... market is lower as a large fall in commodity prices overnight weighs on the market. Oil prices have plunged, with Brent North Sea crude for delivery in December hitting a four-year low after Saudi Arabia slashed its export prices for the US market. Copper ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... points compared with Monday's close. The euro meanwhile rose to $US1.2559 from $US1.2484 late in New York on Monday. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in December hit a low of $US82.08 before recovering slightly to stand at $US82.41 per barrel in late ...

Treasury Group merger postponed to November

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
Treasury Group's merger with Northern Lights Capital Group, which was expected to be completed by the end of October, has now been postponed until November due to outstanding regulatory conditions. "The material conditions that remain outstanding are ...

Link acquires proxy solicitation firm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... relations provider Link Group has acquired D.F. King, a global proxy solicitation firm, after an agreement was reached with its North American partner, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (AST). Link and AST, both majority owned by funds managed ...

Hastings grows London and New York offices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... senior appointments in its London and New York offices and has now more than 35% of its staff covering the European and North American markets. Daniel Lee has joined Hastings' global investment team in New York and will be responsible for sourcing and ...