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Vanguard reshuffles Investment team senior executives

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Vanguard has imported one of its senior US executives to take up the role of head of Investments Asia-Pacific and head of Equity Investment Group Asia-Pacific. Rodney Comegys will take over the regional role from Gregory Davis, who is returning to Vanguard's ...

Centrepoint makes four key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Centrepoint Alliance has appointed a head of Distribution Strategy and Marketing, a national manager of Life Insurance, a head of Research and a regional manager for Queensland and northern New South Wales. Neil Rogan is the new head of Distribution ...

FEAL names CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL), the industry body representing the executive branch of the superannuation industry, has appointed Joanna Davison as its new chief executive. Davison has held the position of acting chief executive since November ...

Guardian lowers PI insurance premiums for planners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... Life's head of Dealerships Simon Harris said that recognising the provision of sustainable advice would ensure that the profession remained viable. "We need to turn this out-dated paradigm on its head and recognise the many business-owners that run professional ...

FEATURE: The myth of the outlook

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
Languishing beneath a pile of seasonal investment outlooks, James Fernyhough asks, does anyone really have a clue about what to expect for 2014? In the eerily quiet lull between Christmas and Australia Day, as the financial services community goes into ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
The Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has denied claims that the government's plan to implement the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform measures through regulations, rather than via legislation, is a way to avoid opposition scrutiny. Speaking ...

FoFA reforms put professional standards at risk: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
The federal opposition has concerns that the proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regime as outlined by the government yesterday may result in reduced consumer protection and a decline in professional standards. Speaking to Financial ...

Niche funds have their advantages: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... multi-occupation fund they would not have a freeze on their insurance premiums," he said. Proebstl said that people in the legal profession are comparatively low-risk for insurers; but he also said that, thanks to legalsuper's size (around $2.2 billion) ...

PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Running one of the nation's most highly regarded training programs for financial advisers might seem like an unusual job for a former typist turned IT executive but Mark Smith found out that it is actually the most fitting role for AMP Horizons director ...

Retail investors turn to media for financial advice: GSAM survey

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Only 10% of retail investors largely base their investment decisions on advice given to them by financial planners, a Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) survey has revealed. The most recent Australian Retail Investor Survey, which surveyed over 600 ...