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Sherry wins Labor votes with simple super plan

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
... for Superannuation, Nick Sherry, impressed audiences at the annual IFSA conference on the Gold Coast on Friday, unveiling a plan for combined pension and superannuation forecasts. If voted in at the next election Labor would implement the forecast system ...

Guild acquire Investment Nominees

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
Guild Financial Services, a subsidiary of the Guild Group, has merged with the trustee of Australian Childcare Super Fund (ACSF), Investment Nominees of Australia, acquiring 100 per cent of the company's shares. Under the merger Investment Nominees ...

Labor unveils plan to export financial services

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... from a hardened crowd at yesterday's annual Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) conference by unveiling a plan to rebuild Australia's dwindling export culture, starting with financial services. Rudd said that if voted in Labor would ...

ASIC defends AMP FP action

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, Jeffrey Lucy, defended the regulator's decision to avoid a court action in preference of handing out an enforceable undertaking to AMP Financial Planning yesterday, flagging an increased ...

Industry pleads for greater professionalism

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
The wealth management industry is in transition and now is the time to strive for greater professionalism, said industry identities at the opening session of the IFSA annual conference yesterday. In a panel session which neatly delved into the issues ...

Borrowers in trouble after rate hike

The country's peak building and construction group fears the Reserve Bank's move to lift interest rates by 0.25 per cent represents a financial blow that many home owners can ill afford. Wilhelm Harnisch, chief executive of Master Builders Australia ...

PIMCO announces new vice president

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... for the past eight years as a consultant and adviser, and since 2000 has also been chairman of Zurich's Finium Super Master Plan Investment Committee. Dorrian has also held roles with State Street Global Advisors, Rothschild Asset Management and BT Funds ...

MLC promotes two in ThreeSixty

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
MLC has announced two key internal promotions in its ThreeSixty research team ahead of plans to increase its research into alternative investments, at the same time extending its use of research from external providers. Lisa Boyce, former NSW state ...

Sunsuper sets out to educate employers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
Queensland fund Sunsuper is undertaking an education program to raise employer awareness about the contemporary superannuation environment. Hosted in conjunction with the Australian Taxation Office and Commerce Queensland, the program is designed to ...

Govt moves on bankruptcy super shield

The Federal Government has abandoned its previously proposed line of attack towards bankrupt individuals who try to dodge their creditors by exploiting a super loophole, instead adopting a more common sense approach to the long-running problem. Late ...