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FPA drafts practice principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has developed a set of Practice Standards for its members to ensure clients consistently receive appropriate advice. The FPA Professional Conduct Committee, financial planners and compliance specialists developed ...

Don Russell joins State Super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... appointed former Paul Keating adviser and BNY Mellon strategist, Don Russell, chairperson on its board. Russell replaces Michael Cole after he was directed to review the financial exposures of local councils. Previously, Russell worked at US wealth management ...

Genesys consolidates two practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Two firms under the Genesys Wealth Advisers umbrella have joined forces to form Aspire2. Genesys has boosted its stake in member firms within the group after completing a deal with Perth based financial practice Aspire2. The transaction included a combination ...

BUSSQ grants $50m to T.Rowe Price

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Queensland building and construction super fund, BUSSQ has awarded a $50 million international equities mandate to T.Rowe Price. David Sullivan, BUSSQ chief executive, said T.Rowe Price replaced Nicholas Applegate after concerns of manager turnover. ...

Investing without feeling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
AXA's chief investment officer Mark Dutton highlighted the US experience that shows why investor returns are chronically influenced by human emotions. Dutton said A US report analysed the returns of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index compared to the experience ...

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A higher number of ASX-listed company directors have failed to comply with share trading rules today compared to four years ago, raising questions on the prevalence of insider trading and the influence of the country's regulators. The number of top ...

Optimix to use local Indian know-how

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Optimix chief investment officer Emmanuel Calligeris suggests fund managers who are only entering the market now face an uphill battle compared to those who have had a few years headstart. It took two years of hard work setting up the business but ING's ...

Christian Super avoids tobacco

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Christian Super has distanced itself from other Australian super funds that invest in tobacco companies after a survey found super fund members wanted them to avoid the tobacco industry. A survey conducted by the Cancer Council of NSW and the University ...

ING IM target resource rich states

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
The resource rich Australian states of Western Australia and Queensland provide the best investment opportunities in the coming year, according to James Wright, ING Investment Management chief investment officer. "In Australia we are seeing the continuation ...

PE must work on PR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... surrounding these deals focuses on the purchase price and how much leverage is used," said Jones. However, panel member, Michael Sainsbury, senior journalist at The Australian, said the media reports concerning private equity were justified. "You say ...