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Hunter Hall names Lowenstein replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
Ethical investment manager, Hunter Hall, has named its senior portfolio manager James McDonald as its new deputy chief investment officer to replace newly-departed officer, Jack Lowenstein. A senior portfolio manager at Hunter Hall since 2003, McDonald ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
News of the NSW Government's plans to privatise the state's power generators follows on predictions that cash-strapped governments around the world may soon begin selling off infrastructure assets to the private sector. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced ...

FOFA Tranche 2 reforms tabled in Parliament today

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
The FOFA Tranche 2 reforms were tabled in parliament this morning, gaining industry support and reinforcing the Government's speed to move these reforms through both houses. Included in the Tranche 2 Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms are the ...

GVI $300m funds transferred to Aubrey

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
Global Value Investors is sub-delegating the strategy's investment management to Aubrey Capital Management, transferring all $300 million assets previously managed by the GVI team to Aubrey. Taking place over the coming weeks, the change was prompted ...

Social media and the power of diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
The potential impact of social media on business and the myth of 'having it all' was up for discussion at yesterday's Women in Super event with guest presenter, social media mogul and media personality, Mia Freedman. Speaking of the power of social ...

SPAA board appoints new member

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
Building on its accounting expertise, SPAA has announced that founder of accounting firm CJ Baker & Associates, Carolyn Baker, has joined the board. A committee member for the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) during ...

ANZ buys 100% of Linwar Securities

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
ANZ Banking Group has purchased the remaining 50% of Linwar Securities in what the bank said was a natural progression for the company. ANZ already held a 50% stake in Linwar through its 2007 acquisition of E-trade, which bought the stake in Linwar ...

rmg acquires Piersbridge Consultants

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
rmg financial services has completed its third acquisition this year after joining with fellow Perth-based practice, Piersbridge Consultants, taking its adviser numbers to 15. rmg, which now has around $660 million in funds under advice, said the acquisition ...

Insto tax phase down deferred one year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has announced a one year deferral of its phase down of interest withholding tax, paid primarily by financial institutions as announced in the 2010-11 Budget, thanks to the MRRT. As promised in last year's Budget, the ...

ASIC imposes permanent ban on fin services provider

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
George Stephen Hawa, previously found guilty of serious fraud and sentenced to serve time in prison, has also been permanently banned from providing financial services by ASIC. On April 4 this year, Hawa was convicted of four counts of obtaining money ...