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CFS and Brookfield scoop property awards

PIR RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... asset class, after suffering from the GFC last year. "PIR is looking forward to delivering an even better outcome for delegates at its conference next year," he said.

Industry funds not undermining confidence: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... financial crisis. The idea we are undermining confidence is ridiculous," ISN executive director David Whiteley told delegates at the annual conference of the Australian Advisers Association (AFA). "Choice of fund was introduced at the behest of the retail ...

Planners to face cashflow crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... spoke at this year's AFA GenXt National Roadshow, which attracted around 1,000 attendees across Australia, up from 600 delegates last year.

Advisors more important than ever: Sherry

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia National Conference 2008 yesterday, Senator Sherry reminded delegates that superannuation was a long term investment, and it is a message that ought to be passed on to advisors' clients who ...

New dynamics, new realities: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Timor-Leste president and Nobel Peace laureate Dr Jose Ramos-Horta told delegates at the annual ASFA conference to prepare for the "new economic realities", where countries often overlooked in global policy-making such as Saudi Arabia, India and South ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... business valuation, earnings growth and ability to service debt. Private equity fund of funds investment manager Adveq told delegates at an industry conference what many already know but fear to say: the flurry of private equity deals signed during the ...

Peak oil bigger problem than climate change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Peak oil is a much more immediate problem than climate change, delegates at a Finsia seminar heard yesterday. But the potential ramifications of climate change just make the problem worse, said Ian Dunlop, a former petroleum engineer who is now the ...

AFA searches for Rising Star

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... award close on August 1, with the winner announced at the AFA National Conference on 19th of October. More than 960 delegates registered for this year's AFA National Forum, a 60 per cent jump in delegate number on the previous year. Both Browne and last ...

Sparks fly at APRA statistics forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... the compliance costs of collecting and supplying extra information without a sufficient cost-benefit justification. Delegates to the forum were told APRA should first pick the low hanging fruit by providing greater clarity on industry definitions rather ...

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... adjusting down their weightings to the commodities sector. The move has caught analysts by surprise. Last week in Sydney, delegates at the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon heard that the resources sector in Australia is now bigger than financials ...