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Fox elected AFA president

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Brad Fox is the AFA's newly-elected national president, taking over a two-year term alongside new vice president Adam Smith. Fox, previously on the AFA board as the representative of the GenXt (AFA's sub-group of members made up of the younger advisers) ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
The fight over commissions on investment products and superannuation is over. Advisers must stop debating over them and switch their focus to influencing their future. Opening the 2010 AFA annual conference in front of a packed auditorium with almost ...

Planners urged to address ethics

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Trust is fundamental to the advice relationship - but planners need to ask themselves why they rank so low on the ethics and honesty scale among Australians who don't seek advice, said the AFA. Jim Taggart, national president of the Association of Financial ...

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... the US and continental Europe dominate the top 500, countries with smaller economies, and smaller investment markets than ours, including South Africa, Denmark, Sweden and Belgium, all have entries in the top 100. With the exception of South Africa (boosted ...

RBF-Tasmania overhauls executive structure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Six months after Philip Mussared became chief of the $3.4 billion RBF-Tasmania, the fund is undergoing a restructure which involves a nationwide search for six key executives, including a chief investment officer. The Retirement Benefits Fund of Tasmania ...

SSgA hits $45m in 24 hours

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
State Street's new high dividend yield ETF has amassed over $45 million in FUM from investors a day after the strategy was listed on the ASX. Rob Goodlad, SSgA senior managing director for Australia, confirmed the firm's SPDR MSCI Australia Select High ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, with weakness among mining and financial stocks dragging the broader market into negative territory. At 1207 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 24.1 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 4,614.8 points ...

BHP anticipates global carbon price

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... impact of a global carbon price being set and what effect this will have on companies such as BHP Billiton. "Economies like ours, with a growing population, face an intrinsically harder target with a fixed percentage carbon reduction than for example ...

ClearView Wealth FUMA hits $3.1bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... "We look forward to offering life insurance and wealth management products through their network and their products through ours." The company recorded a statutory NPAT of $8.0 million after acquiring life insurance and wealth management businesses from ...

Election campaign ignores seniors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
The election campaign has bypassed too many key issues important to older Australians, according interests groups that aim to represent the segment. Speaking outside parliament House in Canberra this morning, largely deserted as most politicians are ...