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Self-reliant investors need professional advice: SFG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Clients who are becoming more self-reliant and focusing on 'when to retire' need professional advice, according to SFGA's managing director Tony Fenning, who yesterday delivered a 6% increase in FY12 underlying NPAT for the merged advice firm. Fenning ...

Fiducian acquires three fin planning firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
The non-bank aligned financial services organisation Fiducian Portfolio Services has acquired three small financial planning firms, adding $65 million to its existing $1 billion of funds under advice to the firm. The three financial planning firms have ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street finished mixed and gains on European markets despite a key German business sentiment indicator falling to its lowest level since March 2010. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday, the September share ...

Vision Super chief steps down

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Vision Super chief executive of 19 years, Rob Brooks, will step down at the end of the month. The board is expected to announce an interim replacement while the fund continues its search for a merger partner following this year's failed attempt to combine ...

Vision Super issues shortfall liability notices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Local Victorian councils have received notification of the individual liabilities they face to cover the $400 million shortfall on a Vision Super defined benefit scheme. Each local authority's liability is determined on the number of active members ...

UniSuper wins contact centre award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
UniSuper has been named winner of the ATA Victorian Contact Centre of the Year award. Last month, three representatives from Australia's peak national body for the contact centre industry spent time with UniSuper's contact centre consultants to judge ...

ACCC clears Hastings offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission will not oppose the APA Group's proposed takeover of the Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund. Market participants had expressed concern over the ramifications of the deal, but the Australian Competition ...

MLC appoints head of advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
MLC has appointed Leah Mallett as head of advice programs in its business development division. In this role, Mallett will assume responsibility for adviser recruitment for MLC's Advice Business School. Mallett joined MLC in 2002 where she held a practice ...

AFS appoints regional manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Australian Financial Services Group has named Danielle Nugent as the adviser group's regional manager for Victoria and Tasmania. Prior to joining AFS Group, Nugent was a consulting partner with The Strategic Thought Consultancy - an executive coaching ...

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
This may be the one we've all been waiting for - the 'crisis moment' that pushes the region that shares a single currency into a unified course of action. Equity markets dropped big time overnight from New York to Rio and old London town - and of course ...