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Australian Unity supporting advisers with appointment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Fund manager Australian Unity has created a new national adviser solutions manager role and appointed former UK senior player, Simon Reed. A new business development manager for Victoria and Tasmania has also been appointed. Reed will be responsible ...

AFA meets Independents, Greens, Shorten adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has met with the key independent MPs, the Greens and the adviser to the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, to discuss reforms for the advice industry. Chief executive of the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
The Australian share market was weaker on Thursday following negative offshore leads overnight. At 1230 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.4 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 4,513.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 17.8 points ...

Super fund leaps into life stage insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Corporate superannuation fund Aon Master Trust is set to launch a pro-active campaign to ensure its members have appropriate insurance cover for their stage of life. From July 1, members of the $2 billion fund whose life cycle hits a specific trigger ...

AMP gives $2.8 billion to two new managers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
AMP Capital has diversified its $5 billion Enhanced Index International Shares Fund by re-allocating $2.8 billion to two new managers. The entire $5 billion had previously been managed by Henderson Global Investors. AQR Capital Management has been apportioned ...

HFA's Lighthouse wins $500m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
HFA Holdings wholly-owned US subsidiary, Lighthouse Investment Partners, has been awarded a $500 million asset management and advice mandate, positioning the firm to further advance in the global pension fund space. HFA Holdings, an Australian holding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mostly positive lead from offshore trading, after Wall Street closed higher and gold, silver and oil prices settled firmer. But copper and prices finished lower. At 0800 AEST, the September share price index ...

NAB sued over financial advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
The National Australia Bank is being sued after a financial planner allegedly told a couple to invest more than half of their portfolio in two European property trusts, losing them more than a million dollars. In 2007, Victorian cattle farmers Malcolm ...

RI Advice insurance sales up 300pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Life insurance sales are up by 300 per cent for RI Advice Group since late 2009 with adviser insurance training also surging. Back in 2009, RI Advice Group, formally RetireInvest, repositioned the business to provide comprehensive advice, allowing its ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
The Australian stock market was more than one per cent lower as the worsening Greek debt crisis and a US economic slowdown weighed on investor sentiment. By 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 55 points, or 1.21 per cent ...