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PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... picking the right security. That aspect interested me," he says. Kirkham remembers giving a presentation to his primary school peers on shares when he was just 10 years old. "Finance has always been a major interest to me and it's pretty funny looking ...

PIMCO names new head of Asia Pacific

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... Jupiter Partners, a private equity firm. He has 17 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Australian students get top marks for financial literacy

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... experience with financial matters, such as managing mobile phone contracts, bank accounts or earning money from working outside school hours. Understanding concepts such as how to budget and value for money are important for financial wellbeing from ...

Palmer to oppose abolition of LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Clive Palmer has announced his party will block legislation to abolish the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Addressing the National Press Club today, Palmer said: "Palmer United supports the abolition of the mining tax, but cannot support ...

Christian super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
Two Christian superannuation funds, Christian Super and Australian Christian Super, have are set to merge, which will see members gain fee and insurance benefits. The sub-$100 million Australian Christian Super will merge with the $850 million Christian ...

Health and wealth go hand in hand: Survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... achieve their fitness goals. Even more so if they are prepping for a big event just around the corner, like a wedding, high school reunion or a milestone birthday. "If they can't see themselves reaching their goals, the concept becomes too abstract and ...

MetLife Australia names new CFO

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... is a graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney and has completed an Executive Development Program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In May it was announced that Deanne Stewart, a senior manager at BT Financial Group would join ...

AFA upgrades Female Excellence award with business scholarship

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... 2014 Female Excellence in Advice Award, which this year includes a master class for finalists at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM). The award recognises the contributions of women in financial advice to the profession, the community ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget forces advisers to rethink tax, retirement strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... issues for them will be "the affordability of insurance, falling family tax benefits and if they have kids moving into school or university." Advisers will have to keep an eye on clients born after 1965 and affected by the raise of the Age Pension eligibility ...