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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... news on Tuesday, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia opens its two-day State of the Nation Conference in Canberra, with speakers including Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, and Resources Minister ...

AIST alerts regulator on misleading campaign against super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... Council of Australia (MCA) currently showing on national TV, print and on YouTube. One ad titled "A retiree's message to Canberra" even shows an elderly man calling the RSPT a "hand grenade" on his savings. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST, which ...

AvSuper unveils intra-fund advice service

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... class order intra-fund superannuation advice relief to trustees on 27 January. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of the Canberra-based fund, said the fund has spent the last few months training staff, including call-centre employees, in preparation ...

Civic joins Financial Index Australia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... Financial Index Australia to ensure the firm's handover is transitioned smoothly when its principal planners retire. Canberra-based Civic Financial Planning, which formerly operated under a Securitor AFSL, is merging its entire business operations with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... managing director of the Wesfarmers-owned Coles, Ian McLeod, are listed as speakers at a retail conference in Sydney. In Canberra, Shell chairman Russell Caplan is to participate in lunch forum organised by Committee for Economic Development of Australia ...

AFA airs planner worries on fin reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Planning body AFA continues its dialogue with Canberra about proposed government reforms that will lift industry standards, on the whole, but could also hurt the future of small to medium size Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs). Richard Klipin, chief ...

RSPT is govt trying to pick winners: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... Warren. The government is effectively picking winners, he said. The cyclical nature of the mining industry also means "Canberra needs to be very careful about how it sets the tax rate, and whether it includes a risk premium," he warned. "Taxing profits ...

AvSuper appoints Hannover Life Re

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... Hannover was selected following an "extensive benchmarking review and tender process" conducted over the last quarter. The Canberra-based fund engaged Rice Warner to help with the selection process. "AvSuper is currently finalising an improved range ...

Centric enhances direct equities services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... operations with a vision and client base that is complementary to our own, and that are located closer to our Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane offices."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... bonds. In equities news, examinations continue in Sydney of failed companies, ABC Learning and Octaviar, formerly MFS. In Canberra, the High Court is to hand down its reasons for judgement in a case between local councils and Lehman Brothers over losses ...