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Planners can fix their poor public image

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... explaining to policymakers what planners do and how important they are to the community, said Kerry Chikarovski, former NSW Liberal Party Opposition Leader and the AFA's consultant political adviser. "Most of the noise that has been heard about planners ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... Your spending has not worked. But consider this, 'The Economist' printed edition dated 14 October 2004 discussed then Liberal Prime Minister John Howard's victory at the 9 October election of the same year against Mr. Mark Latham. 'For John Howard, a ...

No easy gains in Indian equities: Pereira

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
The Indian share market will be a stockpicker's market after the index returned the strongest gains in Asia last year, said one fund manager. John Pereira, managing director at India Equities Fund, said the Indian market posted the third strongest market ...

AFA doubles in four years

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... year the AFA launched a Government and Policy Committee, hired Kerry Chikarovski, former leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party, as a political lobbyist and encouraged members to engage with government individually. The association has also launched ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
The Liberal Party political implosion, if it leads to a double dissolution election, is not just about the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme but could also change the course of financial services reforms. A double dissolution election could lead to ...

Libs reject planner commissions ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, said the Liberal Party does not agree with banning commissions, arguing that mandating planners to have a fiduciary obligation towards their clients takes away the need for planner remuneration reforms. Speaking at the ...

Campbell wins 2009 AFA Adviser of the Year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... on its laurels. Klipin said the association is ramping up its regulatory and government activities, hiring former NSW Liberal Party leader, Kerry Chikarovski, to assist in its work. "This calibre of finalists means there's a better community of financial ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... it's back to square one. The Japanese national elections held at the end of August brought "another" end to an era of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) stranglehold on power. "Another" because the LDP's continuous reign since 1955was interrupted by the ...

IFSA appoints Brogden as CEO

IFSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The former New South Wales Liberal Party and opposition leader, John Brogden, has been appointed chief executive of the Investment & Financial Services Association. Brogden will take up his post on 28th of August, following the resignation of IFSA's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... points, or 2.31 per cent, to finish at 3,052.08. TOKYO - The Nikkei suffered its eighth consecutive loss after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost elections in Tokyo on Sunday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Taro Aso. His election bureau chief ...