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FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... financial advice," Rantall said. The AFA has also announced a focus on supporting members in implementation, although president Brad Fox said finalisation of regulation on grandfathering of payments by platform operators and regulatory guidance on codes ...

AIST working to improve board gender imbalance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... participants will today hear from a panel of experienced women directors from within the not-for-profit industry including AIST president, Cate Wood who is also chair of the national networking and advocacy group for Women in Super. "The program is one ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... stability anchor in Europe. But Germany's powers are not unlimited," she said on Thursday. Merkel's warning came as French president Francois Hollande was in Rome for talks with prime minister Mario Monti on growth strategies and EU integration four ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... daily headlines. The latest of which is renewed speculation of Fed stimulus courtesy of Chicago Federal Reserve Bank president Charles Evans. Evans declared on Bloomberg TV that, "I've been in favor of pretty much any accommodative policy I've heard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 17 points at 4,101. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Charles Evans said he would support measures to generate faster jobs growth, Bloomberg reports. Stocks also gained after the ...

Former AFA president mourned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Former Association of Financial Advisers president and former South Australian state director, Michael Murphy, has died at the age of 66, after a six year battle with cancer. In announcing his loss to Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) members ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... down its budget. In equities news, Woolworths chief executive Grant O'Brien and Kraft Foods Australia and New Zealand president Rebecca Dee-Bradbury are scheduled to address Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Sydney In Australia, the market ...

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... This, Virginia, after his cohorts at the Fed practically announced the day before that QE is on its way. Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart said that and extension of Operation Twist (it ends at the end of this month) is an "option on the table". ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... is at stake. Two central bank authorities did just that last night. While keeping interest rates on hold at 1.0%, ECB president Mario Draghi reminded all you bears wearing shorts that, "We monitor all developments closely and we stand ready to act" should ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... the eurozone out of its crisis, according to recent reports. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy, EU Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso and Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker were tasked last month ...