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Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will temporarily pause its plans to push the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. Cormann spoke to a number of media outlets and said that he wanted to consult key stakeholders including the ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... 2010.... and return to investments. Drowned by last week's Crimea and Fed news was China's State Council announcement that it plans to "accelerate preliminary work and construction on key investment projects" to expand domestic demand and stabilise growth. ...

AXA IM to expand outside of Europe

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
AXA Investment Managers is seeking to expand its presence outside of Europe, with plans to strengthen its footprint in Asia, including Australia and Japan, and the Americas. AXA IM former head of consultant relations Tim Gardener will head up a new ...

BT arms planners with tablets to improve advice

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... Design Award. The tablets will be given to 563 to bank financial planners and 395 to planner assistants. Commenting on the plans BT Financial Group general manager bank financial planning, Mike Chesworth said BT was committed to using technology to help ...

Onus on consumers to ask about commissions: Sinodinos

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... possible". Sinodinos also responded to legal advice obtained by Industry Super Australia (ISA) critiquing the government's plans to remove a catch-all provision requiring financial advisers to always act in a way that can "reasonably be regarded as being ...

Media Super CIO departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... part-time and we simply felt that we needed to re-allocate our limited resources to other areas in pursuit of our growth plans. "The CEO will be supported by a full-time senior analyst, an external asset consultant and an active, experienced Investment ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
The Australian market has rallied strongly after Russian president Vladimir Putin announced he had no plans to invade Ukraine. BBY client adviser Henry Jennings said Wall Street and European markets had rallied strongly after Mr Putin played down the ...

CFS outlines post-awards plans

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Colonial First State (CFS) has revealed how it will approach a post-awards environment, including the use of advisers and targeting business bank customers. The fund management and super arm of banking giant Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has ...

AMP chairman to retire amid wider board changes

ALICE URIBE & AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... executive A and holds a number of not-for-profit directorships. The announcement comes just weeks after Mr Mason announced he plans to retire as chairman of department store business David Jones. His decision to leave David Jones followed outrage from ...

Henderson reports record profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... Formica also suggested the global asset manager, which is dual-listed in Australia and the UK, would continue its expansion plans with further acquisitions. "As we look forward to the next five years, you should expect to see us continue our investments ...