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AFA award shines spotlight on women in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Peita Diamantidis of Caboodle Financial Services has received this year's AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award for championing the benefits of financial advice for women in the profession and in the broader community. Diamantidis accepted her award ...

Morgan Stanley chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
Steve Harker has stepped down as chief executive of Morgan Stanley Australia. Harker is one of the longest standing financial services chief executives, having been in the top job for 18 years after assuming the role in 1998. Succeeding Harker is Richard ...

Erin Truscott named AFA Rising Star

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... off strong competition from fellow finalists Peter Hodgson from ANZ Financial Planning; Cathryn Gross from The Wealth Network; AMP Financial Planning's Brent Story; Synchron's Maritza Kriel; and Gregory Adam Bloom from Yellow Brick Road. In making the ...

Advisers urged to meet challenges together

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Senior figures at the AFA have urged delegates at this year's conference to meet the challenges posed by legislation with the collaborative, can-do attitude that has always defined the association's annual meeting. AFA chief executive Brad Fox, new ...

NAB and Nippon Life complete sale

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
A $2.4 billion sale of National Australia Bank's life insurance business to Nippon Life was finalised yesterday. Following the sale NAB said its MLC Life Insurance business would see changes to the board of parent entity, MLC Limited. Joining the MLC ...

Dark pools effective at reducing volatility spikes: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Liquidnet research has shown that volatility of securities is reduced by over 103% in the minute before a block trade when using the firm's anonymous dark pool. The Liquidnet Block Study examined roughly 32,000 block trades - that is, trades executed ...

AFA Rising Star finalists announced

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... 2016 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award finalists are: Peter Hodgson - ANZ Financial Planning Cathryn Gross - The Wealth Network Brent Story - AMP Financial Planning Maritza Kriel - Synchron Gregory Adam Bloom - Yellow Brick Road Erin Truscott - Financial ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Ausgrid workers are part of their proposal." Ausgrid would be considered a core infrastructure asset for the consortium. Its network distributes electricity to the Sydney, Central Coast and Hunter regions of NSW across more than 22,000 square kilometres. ...

YBR selling off accounting business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Yellow Brick Road has entered into an agreement to sell its accounting business and legal practice. Under the agreement, DBR Advisory will acquire YBR's accounting business and related assets, including goodwill, plan and equipment, client information ...

Westpac alters incentive structure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... Melbourne, Hartzer revealed Westpac will be removing all product related incentives from tellers in the Westpac branch network. Instead incentives will be entirely based on customer feedback on the quality of service customers received in the branch. ...