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Fox elected AFA president

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Brad Fox is the AFA's newly-elected national president, taking over a two-year term alongside new vice president Adam Smith. Fox, previously on the AFA board as the representative of the GenXt (AFA's sub-group of members made up of the younger advisers) ...

AIOFP appoints directors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... been appointed as new directors of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) board. Maddern is president of Melbourne-based Maddern Financial Advisers and Ardino is the managing director of Lifespan Financial Planning (Lifespan). ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... passing of the MIT legislation has only enhanced the appeal of this market for foreign investors," said Tom Southern, CBRE president and chief executive officer Australia & New Zealand. "We expect a disproportionate amount of capital will be invested ...

UK fast tracks pension reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... channel, rioting and widespread strikes have continued on the streets of France, as students joined workers in protesting President Sarkozy's plans to reform the country's pensions system and raise the retirement age to 62.

Planners urged to address ethics

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... so low on the ethics and honesty scale among Australians who don't seek advice, said the AFA. Jim Taggart, national president of the Association of Financial Advisers, quotes the industry body's Back to Basics research that show Australians who use advisers ...

State Street lifted by passive strategies, ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... and, as the economy normalises, we are committed to our long term financial goals" said Joseph Hooley, the company's president and chief executive. According to Rainmaker Information, in the year to June 30, State Street was the second largest investment ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... Bernanke saying, "...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." There's Chicago Fed President Evans, "The US economy is best described as being in a bona fide liquidity trap" so "in my opinion, much more policy accommodation ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... processes to achieve the stability needed to support our long-term investment horizon," said Benita Warmbold, senior vice president and chief operating oficer at CPPIB. CPPIB is using SimCorp Dimension to support the firm's investment operations in the ...

Board diversity gives greater results

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... director positions. "ACSI would like to see at least two women per ASX200 company board by 2014 at the very least," ACSI president Michael O'Sullivan said otherwise ACSI would push for regulatory changes. The ACSI ASX100 research found that almost 30 ...

More US investment banks close prop desks

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was passed by the US congress and signed into law by President Obama in July, incorporated the "Volcker Rule", which prohibits investment banks from engaging in proprietary trading and ...