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AFA names Rising Star finalists

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... the industry's finest emerging talent. The Rising Star of the Year Award winner will be announced at the AFA National Conference on the Gold Coast, Sunday 28 October 2012.

AFA announces finalists

STAFF REPORTER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... opportunities being presented. The 2012 AFA Adviser of the Year will be announced on Tuesday October 30 at the AFA National Conference on the Gold Coast. Financial Standard is the official newsletter partner for this event.

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... seeking a bit of good news amongst these dreary ones would have to go to paragraph 9 on page 7 to find that the latest Conference Board data showed consumer confidence jumped to 70.3 in September - the highest since February (hey, that was the time when ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... payments policy department Tony Richards is scheduled to deliver speech to Mobile and Contactless Payments Australia Conference 2012. In equities news, Genworth's Streets Ahead mortgage market sentiment briefing and Homebuyer Confidence Index is due ...

Abbott government to index military pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
In a major speech on military policy to the Returned Services League national conference this morning, opposition leader Tony Abbott vowed to index military retirement pensions if elected next year. "An incoming coalition government would finally offer ...

Discretion strictly case-by-case in new SMSF audit scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... and superannuation senior executive leader Gerard Fitzpatrick at the Institute of Chartered Accountants national SMSF conference last Friday. "We do have discretion, and there is flexibility, but it is not something that we are looking to apply on a ...

Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... Asia the human element dominates. Michael Back, partner at legal firm Freehills, speaking at the Investing in Asia conference hosted by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies this month, said, "Relationships are more important than rules and you ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... Wednesday, Treasurer Wayne Swan, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry and RBA assistant governor Christopher Kent speak at a conference in Canberra. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is also released. In equities news ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... their wish. But beyond mere wishful thinking, certain facts are undeniable. One that stood out during Bernanke's press conference last week was these words: "If people feel that their financial situation is better because their 401(k) looks better or ...

Legg Mason chief replaced to staunch investor outflow

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... million to Sullivan in a retention agreement to keep him in place during the transition period. Speaking at an investor conference in New York Tuesday, Legg Chief Financial Officer Peter Nachtwey said: "Mark agreed with the board that this is an appropriate ...