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Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... to implement the regime," De Gori told the Financial Standard. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national president Michael Nowak acknowledged the decline and agreed with De Gori. He said that it could be due to structural changes. "There is ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... indeed the start of a new weaker growth trend in the US economy and the US Federal Reserve does as San Francisco Fed president John Williams and Philadelphia Fed chief Charles Plosser prescribe. Williams: "It's clear that the labor market has improved ...

Retirement objective is income not performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... retirement sufficient to maintain their pre-retirement purchasing power? Reinforcing this, Stacy Schaus, PIMCO executive vice president in their US Defined Contribution Practice who was in Australia this week to lead a PIMCO retirement incomes roundtable ...

Not strong enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... an excuse to turn those paper profits into real dinero. They must be thanking their lucky stars that Philadelphia Fed president Charles Plosser opened his gob last night and put the fear in the market eyes by reviving speculation of an earlier than expected ...

Morningstar hands Needham global CIO role

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... his time between Sydney, London, and Chicago. Needham and Galloway will report to Morningstar Investment Management president Thomas Idzorek. "For the past several years, we've been working to unite our investment professionals around the world," Idzorek ...

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... compares to 2007, before the onset of the GFC, when just 30% made risk their highest priority. State Street executive vice president and international chief risk officer David Suetens said risk awareness had improved 'beyond recognition' since 2008 but ...

La Trobe Financial announces CIO and COO of the Year

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... gave particular weight to his role in his fund's 2011 merger with Health Super. La Trobe Financial chief executive and president Greg O'Neill praised the dedication and skill of all the nominees. However, he warned investors not to rest on their laurels. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... drove major gains in the leading indices. Stocks also got an upward boost from fresh comments by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, who said the ECB could take additional steps if economic conditions warranted, Peter Cardillo of Rockwell Global ...

Industry pays tribute to Paul Riegelhuth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... Jimmy Barnes and had a crazy sense of humour." Tributes have poured in following the news of his passing. Michael Nowak, President of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), of which Riegelhuth was a Life Member, said, "He will be greatly missed ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... flow and macroeconomics than to fundamental business growth, according to Hexavest founding partner and senior vice president Robert Brunelle. The asset manager has analysed the correlation between investment returns and news flow -- as expressed by ...