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Use super for national interests: Weaven

Industry funds management chair Garry Weaven has called on the government to harness the superannuation system to offset costs relating to climate change, infrastructure and the retirement needs of an ageing population. In an address to the National ...

Hatfield leaves Pengana

High profile hedge fund advocate Damien Hatfield has left his role as head of Pengana's hedge fund distribution to set up his own hedge fund research business. Last September Hatfield reportedly sold his 15,000 shares in Pengana Managers weeks after ...

LG teams up with ipac on succession

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
LG Financial Strategies, a Charter Financial Planning practice, has joined ipac's Equity Partners Program to help solve its succession planning challenges. LG Financial Strategies principal, Rohan Gulasekharam, considered a variety of succession planning ...

AFA conference raises $45,000 for MS research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The AFA partnership with Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia (MSRA) has already raised $45,000, enough to immediately launch a dedicated PhD research program. Jeremy Wright, executive director of MSRA, said, "This is a terrific outcome as the funds ...

Hatfield opts out of Packer's new Pengana

Only weeks after a Packer led consortium announced it was taking over Malcolm Turnbull's struggling Pengana Hedge Funds, its former principal, Damien Hatfield, together with its chief executive officer, Russell Pillemer, have sold out of the business. ...

Head of TOWER moves on after 13 months

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
After just 13 months in the role, the head of TOWER Investment Australia has stepped down to take up the reins at Professional Investment Services (PIS). The resignation of Grahame Evans, who has led TOWER for just over a year, became public last night. ...

Aon appoints two risk experts

Aon Australia has appointed a former head of Lloyds TSB and an ex-manager from Santos to two of its practice groups. Tim Farren, the former head of insurable risk at Lloyds TSB, and Chris McMichael, former group risk manager at Santos, have joined Aon ...

Slam the door on unlicensed advisers: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
Step one - make sure your adviser has a license. Without it there is little hope they will comply with any legal obligations and a good chance you're going to get burnt. This is the message Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman ...

Skandia to grow bigger under Old Mutual

Less than two weeks after Old Mutual bedded down its acquisition of Skandia, Old Mutual's Asia Pacific chief executive Hasan Askari has flagged plans to grow the group's newly acquired Australian operations. "The acquisition of Skandia has been completely ...

Advisers should provide advice for philanthropy too

Financial planners should take a leading role in giving clients good advice not just with their finances but with their philanthropic needs. At the Financial Planning Association (FPA) annual conference today, keynote speaker David Gonski, chairman ...