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Stammer joins Centric Wealth investment committee

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
High end wealth advice group Centric Wealth has appointed Dr Don Stammer to its portfolio construction committee. Dr Stammer's involvement with Centric Wealth will include working with the principals of Philo Capital Advisers, where he works as a non-executive ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
There is the good news. The EU finally came through and is about to implement its first set of "breakthroughs" agreed upon at last month's summit. Eurozone finance ministers shook hands on the a,-100 billion aid promised to Spain, with an initial downpayment ...

AIST working to improve board gender imbalance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, in partnership with Women in Super, has kicked off its one day 'Women on super boards program' workshop in Melbourne today. The workshop is developed for women who are interested in learning about ...

IMCA names CIMA scholarship winners

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Investment Management Consultants Association Australia has named the winners of its annual CIMA scholarship. CIMA is an academically accredited course that seeks to address the unique demands and requirements of investment consultants and fund ...

Guardian Advice recruits four new practices

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
Guardian Advice has expanded its network with four new practices in NSW and Victoria, as part of its three year growth strategy to increase adviser numbers by partnering with independent practices. In 2011, Suncorp Group owned Guardian repositioned ...

Acadian appoints new CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
Acadian Asset Management Australia has appointed Andrew Hair as chief executive officer. Hair joined Acadian Australia in March 2007 and had been responsible for leading the business's institutional client service, sales and consultant relationship ...

FPA launches consultation on financial planning education

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
The Financial Planning Association, in conjunction with the Financial Planning Education Council, will launch a national consultation framework on the curriculum and accreditation requirements for financial planning education in Australia. In 2011 ...

ECT assessments spike on government cap decision

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
The number of Excess Contributions Tax notices issued in the 2009-10 financial year has spiked by almost 296%, according the latest statistical update from the ATO. The sharp incline from 15, 315 assessments issued in 2008-09 to 45,330 in 2009-10 is ...

Flawed assumptions pushing RRR too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Superannuation advocates' claims that SG contribution rates need to keep rising to fund retirement income replacement ratios of up to 70% might be based on flawed assumptions. Debate among financial planners in the US on retirement income replacement ...

Video SoAs on the cards

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
Statements of Advice in video format is one of many new opportunities for advisers with the introduction of social media strategies to daily advice operations, discussed at the national SPAA conference yesterday. The introduction of scaled advice will ...