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Snowball chief announces exit plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Tony McDonald, chief executive of transitioning planning firm Snowball Financial Group, will leave the company in 12 months but not before spending the year in a new role where he will ready the merged group for industry reforms. The move is part of ...

Macq seals landmark $8.7bn admin deal with Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... administration services for its $8.7 billion private wealth administration platform to Macquarie Investment Management with plans for new adviser-focused features and broader market appeal. Macquarie will provide all back office service and administration ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... stocks bounced back after a dramatic see-saw session on Tuesday following a report that EU ministers were looking at possible plans to aid weak banks. Down two per cent just 45 minutes before the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketed in the ...

Unlisted infrastructure funds post mixed results

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... appetite for infrastructure funds and assets is as high as ever, with 70% of participants in our recent investor study stating plans to invest in the asset class in some capacity over the coming 12 months," said Bradbrook. According to Prequin data ...

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The self-managed super fund industry is calling on the government to revoke plans to ban off market transfers with particular concern that larger funds are not subject to the same rules. The government's Stronger Super reforms package includes plans ...

AMP opens second retail planning centre

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
AMP has launched its second retail centre for financial planning in Australia, with plans for 18 new and experienced self-employed financial planners to join the walk-in retail financial planning centre. Based in the Victorian suburb of Camberwell ...

Government publishes core elements of MySuper draft

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... provided a two-week window for submissions on draft legislation on the core elements of MySuper as it presses ahead with plans to introduce the default super product from July 2013. Having outlined the structure of Stronger Super reforms last week, the ...

APRA lays plans to improve super governance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will demand greater transparency on board selection, remuneration and manager selection and insist upon higher capital holdings among super funds. APRA, which is entitled to set prudential standards from ...

Government confirms ban on commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... Government's release of the second tranche of its Future of Financial Advice Reforms has provided few surprises, reinforcing plans to ban conflicted remunerations and soft dollar arrangements. Given the level of fanfare that has surrounded the entire ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." (George W. Bush) Ok, stop giggling now, we all know what the former US President ...