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ASIC launches consumer guide about planners

... regulator's stamp of approval on an initiative that both educates consumers and promotes collaboration with the industry association. "This guide will help people be better informed and more confident in choosing and working with financial advisers. ...

Sunsuper bankroll Carnegie Wylie's alternative assets

... investment and equity opportunities, while aligning their interests with their clients. Carnegie added, "Carnegie, Wylie's association with Sunsuper represents an important step towards building a successful financial services business that looks like ...

Hall Chadwick passes the baton

Accounting association Hall Chadwick announced that current national chairman Geoff McDonald is to hand over the chair role to David Kenney next year. Kenney is a tax and corporate partner for Hall Chadwick with a strong property and international client ...

Perpetual wins for being green

... efficient fossil fuel management more seriously than before over the past ten years. According to the Ethical Investment Association (EIA), total SRI assets grew at a rate of 70 per cent over the last 12 months. Funds under management also rose from ...

Shareholder reforms save time and money: ASA

... out straight from shareholder funds," said Stuart Wilson, chief executive officer of the Australian Shareholder's Association (ASA). Wilson said that the '100 member rule' for EGMs can become a costly exercise particularly for large companies. He mentioned ...

Future Fund open to alternatives

... fund managers on tenterhooks. Kim Ivey, chairman of the industry's peak body, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), said they contacted Treasury officials as soon as the government released the bill detailing the fund's investment ...

Investing in residential property should be Devine

... Devine. Devine is the seventh most active home builder and developer in Australia, according to the Housing Industry Association's (HIA) top 100, with 1,067 houses and 416 apartments being built in 2005, placing it ahead of Australand, Meriton and Multiplex. ...

Rise and rise of consumer confidence with planners: CSAM

... value-add of planners positively. This feature of the research also highlights how ASIC and the now dated Consumer Association planner surveys claiming some concerns with planners are measuring up as something very different to these surveys which focus ...

Kelly trades in financial planning for insurance

... ended today when it was announced that Kerrie Kelly is abdicating her short lived post with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to take up a career in insurance. Kelly will take on the role of executive director of the Insurance Council of Australia ...

FPA chief exec Kelly resigns

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has started the search for a new CEO, after Kerrie Kelly announced her resignation only two years after taking up the position in 2003. Kelly will leave the FPA in March to take up another CEO role ...