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Direct share investing gather momentum

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... behaved in a certain way," he said, a sentiment that was echoed by a number of advisers at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, Mark Thomas, chief executive of Van Eyk Research, argued that managed funds still have certain advantages. "If ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... if comments from a senior Treasury department official are anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant, manager of the financial services taskforce unit at the Treasury Department said that "it is not envisaged ...

FPA launches new strategy, brand

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Financial Planning Association has unveiled a new strategy and brand at the FPA National Conference on the Gold Coast this morning as part of a broader effort to restore consumer trust post-GFC. As part of the strategy, the FPA has proposed a number ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... officer and managing director, Mike Wilkins, addresses the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Brisbane. On the Gold Coast, the Financial Planning Association opens its three-day national conference and, in Perth, the case between the Australian ...

Planners urged to address ethics

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... new initiatives to boost consumer confidence in the advice sector at the AFA National Convention which opens on the Gold Coast this Sunday. The conference will also address adviser remuneration models, adviser roles, the future of superannuation and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... issue of $700 million of Treasury Bonds. In equities news, Sunland Group Ltd holds its annual general meeting on the Gold Coast, and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh opens Australia's newest open cut thermal coal mine, the Rio Tinto Coal Australia managed ...

AFA unveils Adviser of the Year Award finalists

AFA MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... winner will be announced at the annual conference to be held later this month at the RACV Royal Pines Resort in the Gold Coast. Zurich is supporting the award and is the sponsor eight years running. The six finalists and three highly commended advisers ...

More aid for small licensees

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... advisers that run small and independent practices. The conference will be held alongside its annual conference on the Gold Coast from 24-26 October, 2010. "The AFA is acutely aware that the small licensees that make up the independent sector of the advice ...

Sunsuper boosts relationships with retail hires

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... prior to that, two years as member education manager with HESTA. Libby O'Rourke was previously account manager on the Gold Coast for industry super fund HostPlus. Clive Joss, who takes up the Mackay role, has 20-years-plus industry experience and most ...

Women in Super help raise $2.1m for breast cancer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... Record numbers of people took part in the 2010 Mother's Day Classic events in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Geelong, Gold Coast, Hobart, Melbourne, Parramatta, Perth and Sydney's Domain. There was also a large increase in participation in the 23 regional ...