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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its index of commodity prices for July. The Housing Industry Association releases new home sales for June, and the Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers release their Australian Performance ...

Australian ESG expert claims world-first

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... governance (ESG) and ethical performance analysis of companies. The certification is overseen by the Brussels-based Association of Independent Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Research (AI CSRR), which to date have accredited 16 European-based ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... Coalition had not made any final decision on the matter. Meanwhile, Kerry Chikarovski, consultant political adviser at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), previously said the association expects the Coalition to adopt some of the Ripoll report's ...

FEAL Conference cuts through the noise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
More than 250 super fund professionals are set to attend this year's Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) Conference, which kicks off next Wednesday and will confront trustees with the question: whose interests are you really serving? The conference ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... September share price index contract was up 26 points at 4,502 points. In economics news on Tuesday, Housing Industry Association releases its Trades Report for the June quarter. In companies news, Australand half year results are due, Centennial Coal ...

AFA unveils chartered fin practitioners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers has named its first eight Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioners (FChFP), an accreditation program that works like a 'mini-MBA' for advisers. In a press statement released this morning, the AFA announced AFA ...

FPA calls for award nominees

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is calling for nominations to recognise its long standing best and brightest. The FPA's Distinguished Service Awards recognise individuals that have contributed to the association and volunteered for work throughout ...

FPA maintains stance on commission ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive, Mark Rantall, said the industry body would pursue its strategy to move away from commission-based remuneration irrespective of the election result. Rantall said their members, which include the biggest ...

Citigroup hires Macq compliance exec

CITIGROUP MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... Society of New South Wales among other professional memberships. She is active in the Australian Financial Markets Association having chaired the Futures Industry Compliance Committee and been a member of the Anti-Money Laundering Committee and Heads ...

IFSA members approve name change, new focus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... State Investments, AMP, ING Australia were among the big finance firms that backed the Investment & Financial Service Association's new strategy. IFSA members held an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney yesterday to change the association's name ...