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Trio liquidators deny deregistering fraud fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... victims are not merely asking for compensation from the government due to the staggering incompetence of ASIC both as the shield and sword of the Australian Financial System. In response to this, PPB have issued a statement saying that "It is not proposed ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... parties reach agreement on any changes to super taxation. The group also recalled a shelved Labor proposal designed to shield super from political meddling. "ISA supports the proposal to establish a Council of Superannuation Custodians and align any ...

AMP Capital appoints distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
AMP Capital has hired a new head of distribution for its UK and European business. John Angell will be based at the group's London office and will drive institutional sales in the region. He will also have overall responsibility for the sales of AMP ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... depreciation beyond US$0.85, that is. It was the dollar-A's drop from around US$0.80 in late 1996 to US$0.57 in 1998 that shield Australia from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the collapse of Long-term Capital Management (LTCM) and the Russian debt ...

Guardian and Asteron help launch pro bono adviser service

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... service to provide pro-bono claims assistance on life and disability policies. Peter Kaleta, a principal adviser at Life Shield and founder of Claims Aid said that service was designed to asset people who may have a claim, but don't have an adviser. ...

Young adviser wins first Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has awarded a young financial adviser the inaugural Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Dixon Advisory financial planner Erin Shields took out the award for being the highest achieving student in last ...

AMP Capital appoints London-based institutional director

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
AMP Capital has appointed an institutional director for Europe that will be based at the firm's London office. Kate Campbell will work to develop AMP Capital's European institutional client business and she will report to AMP Capital managing director ...

Platinum's Neilson backs Japan in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... proceedings - that of ensuring solid, sustainable growth in their respective economies - in favour of devising plans to shield their economies and financial markets instead. Just in case. Now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says, "The compromise we ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... returning to its historical role as defender of the economy. It's drop from around parity to about US$0.65 in 2009 helped shield the economy from the global meltdown at the time. The A$ has so far fallen to a low of just under US$0.94 this year. Good...but ...