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ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... corporate governance at BlackRock Investment Management; and Simon O'Connor, chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). Don Hamson, deputy chair of ESG RA and managing director of Plato Investment Management, will ...

UK AIC launches investor-friendly website

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
The United Kingdom-based Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has launched a new consumer-friendly and interactive website addressed to retail investors and their advisers. "Many investors see the AIC site as the first 'port of call' for learning ...

Adviser-client communication directly linked to profits: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... plan without incurring big costs." Clients ranked "communication" the third lowest rated feature in the survey... The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), which presented the survey together with Business Health and AIA Australia announced that the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... for January, and overseas arrivals and departures data. Meanwhile, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association's performance of construction index (PCI) for month just ended is due out. No major equities news is expected but Australia ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
TAL has been named the Plan For Life (PFL)/Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) 2012 Life Company of the Year for the second year in a row. As well as winning the overall Platinum Award, TAL also took away the Term/TPD Product Award and was a finalist ...

More details needed on conflicted remuneration guide

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have welcomed the release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) guidance on conflicted remuneration but have asked for more clarity on ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... it's China's turn to provide the buy-op. And why not? Fed vice chair Janet Yellen, in her speech before the National Association for Business Economics Policy Conference in Washington last night, reminded all and sundry that QE will go on until there ...

Industry bodies welcome Code of Conduct update

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have welcomed the release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) guidance on the regulatory code of conduct. After the release of the guidance ...

AFA makes board and exec changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers has made a number of changes to its board and senior executive following a recent meeting. Brad Fox, recently appointed as AFA chief executive, has resigned from the position of AFA Treasurer to take up the role ...

Austpac launches mortgage income fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Group is a diversified, privately-owned, property-based management group that was founded in 2009 by Bill Boerkamp in association with an established Melbourne Family Office. Vincent Stranges, Austpac Investments managing director, said launching the ...