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SPAA creates head of education role

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed a head of education services to address the regulator's upcoming registration requirements. Liz Ward has been promoted to the role after joining SPAA last year as an education manager. ...

Neuberger Berman adds EM debt capability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Neuberger Berman has added emerging market debt to its suite of investment capabilities, with the appointment of 22 investment professionals, including 19 from ING Investment Management. Rob Drijkoningen and Gorky Urquieta, who were instrumental in ...

Industry pays tribute to Paul Riegelhuth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Paul Riegelhuth, founder and director of financial services provider Synchron, has died following an accident at his Melbourne home. Fellow Directors at Synchron, Don Trapnell and John Prossor, expressed their sorrow at the news. "We have lost not only ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Legendary investor Warren Buffett praised the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus measures at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Nebraska. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the global conglomerate, said that the decision ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
In the new edition of Financial Standard, we look at how the wealth management industry is racing to plug the gap in aged care advice, the lingering questions about what MySuper will mean for Australia's financial services industry and the critical ...

Image of financial advisers still low

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... majority, 90% (unchanged in three years) of Australians aged 14 and over, rate nurses as the most ethical and honest profession. This is 19th year in a row since nurses were rated the most ethical and honest profession since they were first included ...

Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education award

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... provide to their clients is key to ensuring the transition of our advice industry into a sustainable long term advice profession," head of Asteron Life, the award's sponsor, Jordan Hawke said.

New FPA member base shows changing face of industry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... association's 10,000 strong member base. Jack Tideswell is an FPA member that epitomises the changing face of the planning profession. At just 27, he is already managing his own independent practice - Exceptional Financial Planning. "This industry has ...

AMP Capital sells out of Houston residential property complex

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
AMP Capital's Global Direct Property Fund has sold Cheval Apartments for US$63.6 million following a widely marketed sales campaign. Cheval Apartments is a 'multifamily' asset - a 387 unit residential complex which is centrally located near major employment ...

Accountants replaced by Cloud technology

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
Almost two thirds of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) would consider replacing roles currently performed by their accountant with a cloud-based accounting system, according to a new national research study by accounting service provider CCH. ...