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Communication top priority for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... maintain the relationships as we continuously review their situations," she said. Fox and Riegelhuth are members of the Association of Financial Advisers GenXT team, which will be part of the AFA GenXt Kickstart Roadshow 2009. Some of the issues covered ...

HOSTPLUS appoints Qld partnership manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... Queensland. Prior to joining the not-for-profit super fund Holmes was chief executive of the Hotel Motel and Accomodation Association (HMAA). This appointment follows HOSTPLUS opening a third office in Cairns and recently announcing plans to expand its ...

Investor knowledge fuels SMSF growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
The growth of SMSFs is holding steady amid the market downturn, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery, said the number of SMSFs established has remained constant between 2,500 to 3,000 ...

ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... found fund managers hold roughly $30 billion in hedge funds. John O'Shaughnessy, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) deputy chief executive, said IFSA is disappointed with the extension but not surprised considering the events in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... outlook for the housing industry. A key gauge of homebuilders' confidence sank to a new low this month. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index released Wednesday afternoon dropped one point to 8 in January. The index ...

VFMC restructures investment teams

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... restructure follows VFMC chief investment officer Justin Pascoe's speech last year at an Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) conference that the group would take a close look at its internal investment team line up. Pascoe said the fund ...

IFSA backs govt tax proposal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has thrown its support behind a Treasury proposal to provide an optional capital gains tax roll-over concessions to merging super funds. Under existing rules, if a super fund in a prospective ...

Storm staff lose jobs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... information would be given to any outside party without client's authorisation. Jo-Anne Bloch, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive, said around 50 Queensland based financial planning firms are assisting Storm Financial's clients and ...

Storm enters voluntary administration

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... could not obtain comment from Worrells Solvency & Forensic Accountants before publication. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) set up a financial planner referral service to Storm Financial clients who had received margin calls and want to improve ...

Former State Street head jumps to RBC Dexia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... services industry in Australia. He has served as an executive committee member of the Australian Custody Services Association since 2003 and as a board member of the global markets committee of the Investment and Financial Services Association since ...