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ASX considers launching baby stock exchange

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006

PIS set for a million dollar make-over

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
... as more and more of our authorised representatives are qualifying for membership of this prestigious international association of financial planning professionals." Ross Vanderwold, chairman of MDRT Australia, said his organisation looked forward to ...

SEQUAL refurnishes with new chairs

The Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL), has just announced its new chair and deputy chair. Peter McGuiness, chief executive of BlueStone Equity Release, and Sue De Broglio, head of risk products at Macquarie, will join ...

Russell reinforces retirement services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Russell Investment Group has announced the appointment of superannuation specialist Linda Elkins to the new role of director, retirement services, in a move to strengthen their retirement services. Russell Retirement Services is a newly formed division ...

Associations need to raise standards themselves: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... associations to take raising standards into their own hands. Opening the financial planning week for the Financial Planning Association (FPA) yesterday, Pearce said the industry was best left to self-regulation within the existing legal framework. "While ...

FPA opens membership door to individual CFPs

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has opened up their membership to more financial planners by finally doing away with the requirement that their members work for an FPA-affiliated dealer group. The restriction, that previously meant any certified ...

Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... Treasurer Costello's 11th Budget will force financial advisers to focus on investments rather than taxes, attendees at an Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) lunch were told yesterday. In his 26th ASFA post-Budget speech, leading economist ...

Boomer Budget bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... on its superannuation plan aimed at streamlining the contribution and payment rules," said the Australian Banking Association. Rarely has a non-election Budget received such a response. And why wouldn't the chorus sing so loud and in such unison? Radical ...

Mariner joins SEQUAL to promote reverse mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... offering, Mariner Retirement Solutions has announced it has become a member of the Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL). SEQUAL is a not-for-profit body for providers of equity release products that aims to develop the sector ...

FPA stops short of backing member calls

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has stopped short of backing member calls for a shift towards offering consumers the choice of fee for service, instead supporting what it calls an "advice-based" fee model. FPA chairman, Corinna Dieters, said ...