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More aid for small licensees

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... conference on the Gold Coast from 24-26 October, 2010. "The AFA is acutely aware that the small licensees that make up the independent sector of the advice industry need an issues driven, collegial forum in which to debate and discuss the unique issues ...

Bidding time for AMP

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... largest advice conglomerate by number of advisers, according to Rainmaker Information, way back in November '09. The independent directors of AXA APH held out for a better offer and NAB ultimately obliged, only for the ACCC to stand firm in its opposition ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
The Independents holding the balance of power in Federal Parliament could be subjected to three years of intense lobbying as the financial services industry comes to grips with a minority government. Industry bodies remain united in their desire to ...

Moving forward with Gillard

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... guarantee will be passed under a hung parliament. "We welcome the end of the uncertainty, with the decision by the independent members of parliament to support Prime Minister Gillard," said Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation ...

Zurich kit connects advisers to new clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... kit to assist advisers catering to clients in the medical profession. In the wake of the election decision and the Independent MP's stance, rural areas and medical professionals are expected to receive far greater attention and financial support than ...

Lazard Carnegie Wylie offloads local Dun & Bradstreet

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in the US has bought the independently-owned Australian and New Zealand operations from private equity firm Lazard Carnegie Wylie for A$233 million. The deal will place Australia in the centre of D&B Corporation's aggressive ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
The chief of Australia's largest industry fund, AustralianSuper, is urging politicians, especially the independents, to rank superannuation adequacy high on the agenda as negotiations progress to form the next government. Ian Silk, chief executive of ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The financial services industry is still digesting the ramifications of Saturday's election cliffhanger, which has given Australia its first hung parliament since 1940. "It certainly does leave the industry in limbo at the moment," said Fiona Reynolds ...

Hung

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
By now many of you, fellow Australians, would have had enough of the commentaries, in-depth analyses, finger-pointing, spins, recriminations, soul searching, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera that preceded and followed last Saturday's Australian elections. ...

Scale a key issue in multi-management

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... going to [use] it." Mckinnon acknowledges the increasing use of multi-managers will be especially prevalent in the independent adviser sector. However, he still pegs multi-managers as a "mezzanine space". "Like any new product, it will find its niche ...