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Accounting group hires 'transformer'

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Accounting firm WHK Group has hired a senior vice president from global software firm SAP to take over from managing director Kevin White who will leave at the end of June. John Lombard will start work with Australasia's fifth largest accounting firm ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Thousands of financial advisers will have access to direct equity trading through the North platform after upgrades to its Bluedoor software engine go live on Monday. The new Bluedoor upgrade was described by its developers yesterday as doing for the ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The wealth management industry should look at sovereign wealth clients as a potential frozen asset risk, an analyst from Colonial First State told Financial Standard yesterday. With civil war raging in Libya and tensions continuing to erupt across the ...

Mental health an insurance issue

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Less than half of financial planners polled in a recent survey saw clients with a history of mental illness gain access to income protection insurance, AMP said today. Of the 189 financial planners who responded to the AMP Planner Protection Poll, just ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Top returns in infrastructure debt are driving superannuation growth opportunities as banks withdraw funding to the sector, an industry leader has said. Brett Himbury, chief executive of Industry Fund Management (IFM), said superannuation funds were ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Rigid contribution cap rules with no ability to amend mistakes are causing financial planners to be caught by a new surge of compensation claims, industry leaders have said. Dante de Gori, general manager of policy and government relations for the Financial ...

Ex-Macq fund manager gets jail for insider trading

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The NSW Supreme Court has sentenced a former Macquarie Bank fund manager to two-and-a-half years jail for insider trading. Oswyn Indra de Silva, 37, must serve at least 18 months for 12 illegal transactions he made while employed by Macquarie, ASIC ...

Funds price ratings downgrades

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Ratings agency outlook on Qantas debt has been downgraded from 'stable' to 'negative' on the back of oil price rises, but fund managers who lead the market had already factored in the change, a portfolio manager said yesterday. Moody's Investor Services ...

Capital at risk in emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Bart Turtelboom, co-head of global emerging markets at London-based hedge fund GLG Partners, told trustees at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds that the unrest in the Middle East is likely to spread to Latin America and parts of Asia, threatening ...

IMCA offers 2011 scholarships

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Now is the time to apply for four professional development scholarships worth $6000 each, with some applicants required to respond within days for a chance at the free training. The Certified Investment Management (CIMA) program scholarships are offered ...