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Midwinter voted the planners choice

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
For the third consecutive year, Midwinter has been voted first for planner satisfaction in the latest Investment Trends report, in a year when the group expanded to 15% market share. Released today, the Investment Trends 2011 Planner Technology Report ...

Van Der Wielen heads to UK group Friends Life

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Just 12 months and three weeks after taking the top job, John Van Der Wielen has resigned from ANZ Wealth as managing director to move to UK group, Friends Life. Friends Life brings together the UK operations of Friends Provident and the life assurance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... 104.81 cents. The US dollar hit a new post World War II low against the yen after a Wall Street Journal report cited Japan's top currency official saying Japanese authorities do not plan to intervene often to prevent the yen from rising too higher. The ...

PIS names new CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Peter Walther has landed the top job at Professional Investment Services, starting on Monday as chief executive officer of the independently-owned financial advice business, three weeks after founder, Robbie Bennetts, moved into a part-time role. Professional ...

ASX CEO search underway as results announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... predominately held offshore." Announced at last year's ASX general meeting, Elstone chose not to extend his contract in the top job and will step down on October 11 this year. ASX said the search has already commenced for his replacement with the process ...

Super beats term deposits: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Superannuation proves to be top investment performer when compared to term deposits, according to AMP chief executive, Craig Dunn, urging for greater support for the industry. Speaking at a media conference yesterday, Dunn said that the super industry ...

Development, not cash, job market motivator

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Cash incentives are not enough in today's financial industry workplace, with long term career development now the top spot on finance candidates wish lists. The allure of long-term career development was found to be the most attractive asset a finance ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... sovereign debt situation there," Mr Jukes said. "But the big moves really came in the US session. "We got some really bad data on top of the sell-off in Europe." A key US manufacturing index taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia showed manufacturing ...

Help for advisers with super death tax impact on SMSFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... the accumulation phase where there are no longer any tax-dependant beneficiaries may add a significant CGT liability...on top of estate taxes," he said. Dunn said the session would explore how to use anti-detriment and future liability to pay benefit ...

FS Advice launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
The new look Australian Journal of Financial Planning, now called FS Advice, has been launched at the Rainmaker Advisers Big Day Out in Terrigal, on the NSW central coast. The journal has been redesigned to align it with the suite of Financial Standard ...