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FPA chair Rowe stands down, Kendall takes the reins

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Matthew Rowe has ended his two year term at the head of the organisation's board and will be replaced by Tupicoffs financial planner and pro bono advice advocate Neil Kendall. Board member and iPac chief ...

AustralianSuper to double size of in-house investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The largest super fund in the country, AustralianSuper, plans to double the size of its in-house investment team by 2015, setting a fresh template on how mega-super funds in the future could start managing their multibillion-dollar portfolios. Over ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
The Future Fund has reported its 2013-14 results and confirmed that its assets pool has climbed to $104 billion and achieved earnings slightly ahead of the SelectingSuper performance index. Its funds under management (FUM) make it, in effect, Australia's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat as Wall Street trades in positive territory. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,175. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Countplus CEO to depart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Countplus chief executive and managing director Michael Spurr has announced he will step down at the completion of his current contract after four years in the role. Spurr will remain in his co-role as chief financial officer for up to 12 months to ...

AFA announces new directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
The AFA approved a new board of directors during the annual general meeting yesterday and announced that current AFA national president Michael Nowak will hand over to former AFA treasurer Deborah Kent. Kent will hold the role of AFA president for two ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Advisers remunerated solely through upfront commissions appear to be statistically more likely to provide non-compliant advice, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). While 80% of the risk advice examined in the study ...

AMP University Challenge winners revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
A team from Griffith University in Queensland has won the AMP University Challenge, a national financial planning competition for university students who want to find out more about being a financial planner. The event was held in Sydney and attracted ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Uh-oh, looks like the Wall Street seesaw has just been whipsawed. Wall Street's action - and their presumed causes -- over the past three days are summed up in Bloomberg's headlines over the past three days: S&P 500 Falls to Nine-Week Low on Global ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Financial advisers specialising in life insurance must lift the quality of advice and ensure that the interests of their clients are given priority, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has said. ASIC reviewed more than 200 advice ...