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Australian ESG expert claims world-first

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
Canberra-based researcher CAER becomes the first non-European organisation to get a Voluntary Quality Standard (VQS) badge for its work on assessing environmental, social, governance (ESG) and ethical performance analysis of companies. The certification ...

AFA unveils chartered fin practitioners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers has named its first eight Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioners (FChFP), an accreditation program that works like a 'mini-MBA' for advisers. In a press statement released this morning, the AFA announced AFA ...

More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
SPAA has recorded a 20 per cent jump in advisers seeking self managed super fund (SMSF) specialist accreditation as planners embrace higher professional standards to cater for the biggest sub-segment of the superannuation industry. The increased demand ...

AMP trains staff on insurance services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
AMP has unveiled a new training program to boost staff expertise in life insurance - a move that is expected to help AMP better service financial planners. AMP, in conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, developed ...

UK planners to face tougher standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The UK Financial Services Authority is imposing yet more compliance hurdles on financial planners, this time requiring them to hold a new Statement of Professional Standing. The FSA has just released a discussion paper regarding how these new rules ...

Man Group buys $27bn alternatives manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
London-based Man Group has bought one of the biggest alternative asset managers in the world, GLG Partners, which manages more than $27 billion in client funds. GLG provides 40 funds across equity, macro, emerging markets, credit and convertible bond ...

US financials a big play: Bennelong SGI

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
The global financial sector may be a shadow of its former self after the GFC but it is still a $9.1 trillion (US$8.5 trillion) market full of stocks ripe for the plucking, said fund manager Bennelong SGI Global Equities. Visiting Australia this month ...

Westpac and St.George merger ahead of schedule

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Westpac and St.George Bank's merger is proceeding ahead of plan. At Westpac's first quarter trading update, Gail Kelly, chief executive at the bank, said the merger with St.George Bank is progressing well. Approval to move to a single Authorised Deposit-taking ...

Snowball forays into funds management

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Listed financial planning group Snowball buys a portfolio construction and funds management business, Officium Capital, as part of its umbrella strategy to prepare the business ahead of new regulation in the planning industry. Snowball Group has bought ...

AMP selects AFG for mortgage aggregation

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
AMP Financial Planning has appointed Australian Finance Group to provide mortgage aggregation services - a move that diversifies its previous internal mortgage aggregation structure. AFG will provide mortgage aggregation services to AMP FP's financial ...