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Midwinter's Esler joins Ibbotson Associates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
Matthew Esler is the new head of adviser services for Ibbotson Associates Australia. Reporting to Ibbotson Associates Australia's general manager investment services, Chris Galloway, Esler will lead the development of Ibbotson's investment capabilities ...

FPA award winners embrace FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
The FPA Best Practice award winners are also those leading way in FOFA-compliant practices, with the association awarding those at the forefront of their industry. Speaking with Financial Standard after their win, Pippa Elliot, CFP, of WA planning firm ...

Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
A week may not be all that much in the whole scheme of things, but a week was long enough for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to turn from hero to zero. Hero. All seemed well after the night of 27 October. Every finance minister and his dog literally ...

MacMillan wins AFA Adviser of the Year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
West Australian financial planner, Troy MacMillan, has taken out the top gong at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) annual conference and been named Adviser of the Year for 2011. The award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia ...

Asia growth to transform business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
Australian investors need to move on from just talking about China and India's economic rise and start gaming out what it specifically means for their portfolios and what the business threats and opportunities will be. Dr Anil K. Gupta, an emerging ...

Finsia announces award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
Finsia last night announced five financial services professionals as award winners for outstanding contributions to the industry. The award for most outstanding industry contribution went to Dr Maurice Newman AC, former chair of Deutsche Bank Australia ...

Finsia award nominees announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
The short-list for Finsia's Pinnacle Awards has been announced, which includes most outstanding industry contribution, most outstanding young professional and most outstanding future leader. A panel of senior Financial Services Institute of Australasia ...

Call for realism on planner services

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
The financial advice industry needs to establish better ways to communicate exactly what it can offer to potential clients, as the direct link between service and cost becomes more tangible. According to Philip Galagher, head of wealth management at ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
This might be it folks! The one we've all been waiting for - the catalyst, the contrarian indicator to end all contrarian indicators. It's all over the news. No, it's not the credit ratings agencies' - which seemed to have been trigger-happy these past ...

BT: product strength will defend market share

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
BT, a major platform provider for Count Financial, today said it is confident its product business will stand on its merits and will not be harmed even though a key rival is buying its major client. Count Financial runs $6.2 billion across its preferred ...