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PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The elevation of Julia Gillard to become Australia's first female Prime Minister, which increases the odds the government will be re-elected and possibly win back a few senate seats, makes it more likely that the government's financial services reform ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... its biggest drop in about two weeks. Treasury prices climbed after demand for safe investments rose. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes fell 2.2 per cent in May. The report surprised analysts who thought sales ...

World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... local feel at the level that is as close as possible to the Australian version." According to the Irish Funds Industry Association, Irish-domiciled UCITS funds have grown to become a a,-621 billion market as of February this year, representing 2,748 ...

Too much insurance erodes savings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Professional Associations Super is calling for its members to tackle overinsurance through multiple super accounts, and to avoid the threat of insurance fees eating into their retirement savings. Mark Ashburn, national sales manager for Professional ...

AFA calls for top advisers

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... in their nominations for the 2010 AFA Adviser of the Year Award and the 2010 Rising Star of the Year Award by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The Adviser of the Year Award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia, recognises advisers ...

AIST alerts regulator on misleading campaign against super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... constantly dragged into public debate about government policies or on the fate of people's investments. She said the association has no problem with the mining council advertising against the RSPT but claims those ads suggesting the tax will affect superannuation ...

FPA sets up Treasury taskforce

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
The Financial Planning Association has established a new taskforce to respond specifically to the FPA's consultation program with Federal Treasury. The new taskforce, called Future of Financial Advice Taskforce, will be responsible for building strong ...

Haddock appointed chairman of ACSRF

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... Australian Institute of Company Directors, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, Member of the Commercial Law Association, and Member of the Law Society of NSW.

Tone down fund rivalry: Clitheroe

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... books. He is chairman of the Financial Literacy Foundation. Clitheroe was vice president of the Financial Planning Association in 1991-1992 and national president in 1993-94. He is a fellow of the Securities Institute of Australia.

UK pension lose $6bn on BP oil spill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... share price, which has plummeted more than 36 per cent since the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The UK-based National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), which represents more than $1.3 trillion in pension fund assets, said UK equities represent around ...