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Govt responds to self-funded retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Self-funded retirees may not be left out in the cold in the new carbon tax scheme after all, with Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten announcing more package highlights to Tasmanian retirees. Yesterday self-funded retirees expressed concern of being ignored ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... WELLINGTON - New Zealand's benchmark index slumped over half a percent as global worries deterred investors on both sides of the Tasman. And analysts said that, ahead of the end of the financial year on Thursday, investors such as big institutions had ...

Bendigo Wealth expands, restructures with seven senior appointments

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Bendigo Wealth has restructured to prepare for the future of financial advice reforms with a raft of new appointments and new products on the way. The wealth management arm of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, officially launched in April, has taken a ...

Australian Unity supporting advisers with appointment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Fund manager Australian Unity has created a new national adviser solutions manager role and appointed former UK senior player, Simon Reed. A new business development manager for Victoria and Tasmania has also been appointed. Reed will be responsible ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
Australian stocks opened weaker on Tuesday, with metals, mining and materials companies leading the broader market lower. At 1025 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 29.8 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 4,532.3, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Former Morningstar chief joins Sharesight

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Andrew Bird, former chief executive of ratings house Morningstar Australia has shifted across the Tasman and joined the board of New Zealand-based portfolio management service firm, Sharesight, as executive director. Bird will lead the company's first ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Financial planners on the warpath over Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms were given a crash course in political lobbying today by Shadow Minister for Financial Services Senator Mathias Cormann, who told them to target the independents. Speaking ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Higher education superannuation fund UniSuper has topped the league tables for holding the most mandates in 2010 according to Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report. But that is a bad thing, said John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper ...

RI Advice partners with Tas bank

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
ANZ Wealth's RI Advice Group has furthered its strategy of aligning with local groups to expand business, partnering with Tasmanian financial institution B&E Personal Banking. Bringing to the alliance some 36,000 Tasmanian members, the partnership between ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... Ten Network, continues in the NSW Supreme Court, while ANZ Banking Group Ltd chief executive Mike Smith addresses a Trans-Tasman Business Circle luncheon. On Thursday, the Australian share market snapped its run of seven consecutive trading days of gains ...