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FEATURE: The myth of the outlook

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
Languishing beneath a pile of seasonal investment outlooks, James Fernyhough asks, does anyone really have a clue about what to expect for 2014? In the eerily quiet lull between Christmas and Australia Day, as the financial services community goes into ...

PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Running one of the nation's most highly regarded training programs for financial advisers might seem like an unusual job for a former typist turned IT executive but Mark Smith found out that it is actually the most fitting role for AMP Horizons director ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Whoa! Bet you felt the same way when you saw what the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) got up to yesterday - it proved it was no turkey. Go ahead punk, make my day! This was the threat the CBRT made to all 'em sellers, shorters and dumpers ...

Nikko AM names global head of Investment

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) has named its global head of Investment and appointed three senior executives to its global management structure. Yu-Ming Wang has been appointed as the global head of Investment and will be responsible for overseeing ...

NAB makes key Asset Servicing appointments

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) has expanded its Asset Servicing business with two new appointments. Lachlan Allardice has been appointed as the head of Funds Management and Sub Custody and will be responsible for all fund manager, insurance and NAB's ...

Tarrant appeals AAT banning order

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Tarrants managing director Ross Tarrant has appealed the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) decision to ban him from providing financial services for seven years. Tarrant was sued by about 100 investors in the case of the Trio Capital fraud for ushering ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, taking its lead from Wall Street which is down one per cent after weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing figures. At 0855 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 31 points ...

2014 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Registrations are still open for 2014 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, where leading Chief Economists will share their views on the impact of geopolitics on the local and global economy, and give insights on where the Australian dollar could ...

Robertson and Wadell out in AMP reshuffle

HARRY PAGE, ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
Two key AMP financial advice executives have become the first high-profile casualties of yesterday's company restructure announcement. The managing director of AMP-aligned dealer group Genesys Wealth Advisers Paul Robertson and Andrew Waddell, director ...

FPA-Cbus referral deal makes promising start

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
The referral deal between the Financial Planners Association (FPA) and industry fund Cbus is going "exceptionally well" after two weeks in action, according to FPA chief executive Mark Rantall. Rantall said that, since January 1, 25 Cbus members have ...