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Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Is this a dead cat bounce or the early stages of another move higher? To be sure, it's only been three days...three straight days that the S&P 500 has turned its downtrend into a trend upwards. Even accounting for ...

Fidelity appoints new country head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed Michael Bargholz as managing director, Australia. He will report to Asia Pacific ex-Japan managing director Mark Talbot and takes up his new position immediately. Bargholz's appointment follows the departure ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The steady stream of reliable income provided by endowment bonds provides self-funded retirees with the certainty to take greater risk elsewhere in their portfolios, according to Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) chief executive officer Stephen Duchesne. ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
"Do that to me one more time Once is never enough... Say those words again that you just did Oh, baby, tell it to me once again." -Captain and Tennille...and baby, baby, central bankers did it again. Despite the absence of any significant news over ...

TAL Life CEO to sit on parent board

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
TAL Life Insurance Group (TAL) chief executive and managing director Jim Minto has been appointed to the board of Tokyo-based parent company Dai-ichi Life as executive officer. Minto will continue in his role as group chief executive of TAL. TAL chairman ...

AFA Adviser of the Year hands back AFSL, joins Affinia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... Specialists and a number of its advisers will also join Affinia Financial Advisers, which is backed by life insurance group TAL. "After holding the licence for a number of years, the compliance obligations were taking me away from running a specialist ...

States could learn from Baird's infrastructure model: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
The New South Wales (NSW) government's innovative infrastructure funding model will be in the interests of industry super funds, according to director of government relations at the Industry Super Network (ISN) Matthew Linden. As more infrastructure ...

Accountants eye full AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
The accountant community is showing interest on getting a full Australian financial services (AFS) licence rather than a limited one, Count Financial (Count) chief executive David Lane told Financial Standard. Count has been in talks with over one hundred ...

Elana Rubin nabs property board appointment

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... of the Climate Change Authority. Rubin recently resigned from the board of industry fund AustralianSuper and the board of TAL, two roles that she had occupied since 2007. She is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Australian ...

Nikko AM appoints chief legal officer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Nikko Asset Management has appointed Ross Long to its senior management team as chief legal officer. He will be responsible for the funds management business' global legal functions. Long has been involved in the law and finance industries for nearly ...