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Advisers should facilitate philanthropic giving

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Tax payers should not look at philanthropy as simply a way of finding deductions, and financial advisers should facilitate philanthropic giving, Opportunity International Australia says. Only 2.1% of Australians have a financial planners offering advice ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
"Every single day Every word you say... I'll be watching you." -Sting Wall Street down and...you guessed it, it's taper on day. And so, round and round we go, when it ends we do not know. But perhaps we do. There's now an emerging consensus that the ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Old habits die hard it seems. Didn't US Federal Reserve Big Ben Bernanke already change the definition of Fedspeak to mean clarity of Fed communication of the Fed's intention on monetary policy a long time ago? The original meaning (according to Wikipedia) ...

LGBT wealth management market worth $3trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community represents a multi-trillion dollar opportunity for wealth managers and advisers, according to estimates from advisers specialising in the area. The campaign to legalise gay marriage in Australia ...

AMP announces national awards recipients

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
AMP's Charter Financial Planning has announced the recipients of two awards, the Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy and the National Value of Advice Award. The winners were chosen from the company's network of 343 financial planning practices across Australia. ...

Guardian Advice boosts team with 5 appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Guardian Advice has boosted its team with five new appointments in several departments of the firm. Mark Kevin was appointed as NSW/ACT state manage. He will develop the management of an equity partnership model, a strategic area that Guardian Advice ...

ASIC charges former financial adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has charged a former financial adviser for failing to provide appropriate advice to clients. Kevin Maxwell George Whitting, of Rosebud, Victoria, provided inappropriate advice to five investors ...

Russell Investments director to head UniSuper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
UniSuper has appointed Kevin O'Sullivan as its new chief executive officer. O'Sullivan has more that 30 years' experience in the superannuation and actuarial fields, both in Australia and internationally. For the last 22 years he has been with Russell ...

Banksia serves as a warning

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... (ASIC) recommended rate of 8%. While Mortgage debenture schemes are regulated by ASIC, and are similar in some ways to a bank, Kev Toohey, an Atchison consultant reinforced the point that they are not registered as an Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions. ...

GSAM joins transaction network

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Australia's funds are live on the independent cross-border transaction network Calastone. Calastone said that it is the only venue where the global fund industry can meet to send and receive order messages regardless of ...