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AMP practice to pay $10,200 penalty

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
A financial planning practice licensed under AMP-owned Charter Financial Planning has been fined with $10,200 for misleading advertising. Victoria-based Australian Financial Planning Solutions (AFPS) has been hit with $10,200 in penalties after the ...

Tasplan Super chief executive to stand down

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
Tasplan Super chief executive Neil Cassidy is stepping down from the role after nearly 24 years' involvement with the Tasmanian industry fund to pursue new opportunities. Cassidy was seconded from National Mutual under a two-year agreement to set up ...

No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
Central bank surprises continue. This week started with the People's Bank of China (PBOC) surprising with a weekend announcement that it is lowering both its benchmark one-year lending rate and one-year deposit rate by 25 basis points each to 5.35% ...

CBA appoints top marketing exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has appointed a group executive of marketing and strategy, reporting directly to chief executive officer Ian Narev. Vittoria Shortt joined CBA in 2002 and has held a number of roles in the retail banking businesses of CBA and ...

Millionaire investors swell in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The number of investors holding $1 million or more has experienced the largest growth in the past five years, Investment Trends' latest report revealed. Australia minted 43,500 new millionaires over 2014 and the high net worth (HNW) investor population ...

AIA profit up 16% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
AIA operating profit after tax was up 16% to US$2.91 billion for the year ended 30 November 2014. The Hong Kong-listed insurance company reported that net profit was up 22% to US$3.45 billion during that year. The board of directors has recommended ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Quantitative equities boutique Plato Investment Management has appointed a senior quantitative analyst from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Dr Jonathan Whiteoak will primarily be responsible for driving research into quantitative stock selection ...

DeVere expands Australian operations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
DeVere Group, one of the largest financial advice organisations in the world, has launched its second Australian office and named its management team. Following its Melbourne launch in November 2014, deVere has now opened a Sydney office with Richard ...

AMP Capital buys Sydney hospital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
AMP Capital has closed a deal to buy Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital and Community Health Services Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Under the agreement, the asset manager will own the hospital until ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... consecutive month of plus 200,000 increases - following upwardly revised additions to 329,000 in December and 423,000 in November - the largest gain since May 2010. Jobless rate up to 5.7% last month from 5.6% in December but this was largely due to ...