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Energy Super discloses all holdings on website

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... which it has 317,982 units valued at $ 17,831,012.31. It also lists all its direct property holdings, with a Google Maps link. However it does not provide a valuation of the properties. For its private equity (PE) holdings, Energy Super names the manager ...

FPA chair Rowe stands down, Kendall takes the reins

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Matthew Rowe has ended his two year term at the head of the organisation's board and will be replaced by Tupicoffs financial planner and pro bono advice advocate Neil Kendall. Board member and iPac chief ...

Adviser Ratings website to launch paid options

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
The Adviser Ratings website, which allows consumers to rate their financial planners for free, will launch paid services for advisers and consumers in the future. "We are looking at value-added services down the track; advisers and consumers will be ...

AFA presents Excellence in Education award

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Peter O'Callaghan of MSI Taylor Wealth Management has won the 2014 AFA Excellence in Education Award, presented at the AFA 2014 National Adviser Conference in Cairns today. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Asteron Life presented the award ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Advisers remunerated solely through upfront commissions appear to be statistically more likely to provide non-compliant advice, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). While 80% of the risk advice examined in the study ...

NAB takes a $1bn hit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
National Australia Bank has flagged a slide in its full year earnings of up to 14% after taking a more than $1 billion hit to its books. Today the bank unveiled a string of writedowns and provisions, chiefly linked to misconduct by its troubled UK business. ...

Business as usual for PIMCO Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... where we develop our firm-wide investment views." Despite the leadership changes in the global business announced last month [LINK], the Asia-Pacific portfolio committee (APC) retains its structure, with Adam Bowe as chair. Under the new leadership structure ...

QIC takes stake in East West Link PPP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
QIC has become a major investor in the East West Link Stage 1 ("EWL") public-private partnership (PPP) toll road and tunnel project in Melbourne, after a consortium led by Capella Capital won the bid. Other members of the consortium included British ...

How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The emerging markets investment landscape is best understood in terms of country blocs that perform similarly as the macro environment evolves, according to Investec Asset Management Global Strategist, Dr Michael Power. Power presented an analogy where ...

Link Group to buy Superpartners

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Link Group is set to buy member administrator Superpartners from its industry super fund owners, AustralianSuper, HESTA, Cbus, HOSTPLUS and MTAA Super. The five funds today announced they would enter a heads of agreement with Link Group "for the provision ...