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IMCA Australia launches CIMA Scholarship Program

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... Investment Consultants and Analysts servicing external clients. Scholarship applications close 16 April 2012. Made up of two components, CIMA involves an independent study program (Level 1) and a residential program and examination (Level 2) which run ...

APRA calls for risk-consistent exec pay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... firm's balance sheets?" were the rhetorical questions posed by Lewis. The regulator's requirements are divided into four components covering Governance, Coverage, Performance Measures and Risk Adjustment. On performance, Lewis said APRA's key concern ...

CommInsure secures Tasmanian public sector fund mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... process of preparing an application for a Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) licence," said Mussared. "These are components of a progressive transformation of RBF and follow the transition of administration services to Mercer Australia in May 2011 ...

AFS launches mobile platform for advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... launched a mobile platform designed to work on a B2B and B2C level. Working globally on smartphones and tablets, the two components of the platform are 'Mi AFS,' the B2B version to connect advisers with the dealer group and 'Mi Adviser,' to connect the ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... rise to 50.5. I placed unexpected in quotation marks because, for the life of me, I can't fathom how an economy whose components are wallowing in the midst of a debt crisis, fiscal retrenchment - higher taxes and reduced spending -- high interest rates ...

Super funds evolve towards direct property: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... attracted on a hedging basis but now finding new investment solutions. Judd said the offshore market was broken into two components with the large sovereign funds such as GIC that are trending away from investing widely held vehicles and creating their ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... uncertainty. "There continues to be a bias towards preserving capital, cash in the most conservative way... the weaker components are starting to have an impact across the more stronger, previously robust components of the economy." BHP Billiton was ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... chair for a shave. And for a trifecta, Standard & Poor's was not to be outdone. It snipped the ratings of the core components of Dexia S.A. -- Dexia Credit Local, Dexia Bank, and Dexia Banque Internationale a Luxembourg - "which together represent over ...

Macq seals landmark $8.7bn admin deal with Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... advisers, improved client and adviser access to modelling tools and data and more directed market and segmentation components. Tony Graham, head of Macquarie adviser services, said the group will leverage its platform experience with Perpetual's offering ...

Advisers prep for 'back-to-basics' investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... that clients are cautious towards complex assets. That being said it's the financial planner's role to break down the components of such assets and educate clients on how they work. If the product is appropriate for the clients' needs and the planner ...