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ING Australia reviews ING IM mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... likely to hire in the areas that are not currently there such as capital markets, research and modeling and investment advocacy," he said. ING Australia manages around $40 billion in funds. Meanwhile, ING IM manages $35 billion on behalf of various instos ...

CFS promotes Fin Wisdom GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... Macnaught, David MacKay, general manager of Commonwealth Financial Planning and Greg Hansen, head of strategic research and advocacy. Colonial First State's advice business includes more than 1,100 financial advisers with $32 billion in funds under a ...

Boardrooms lack female directors: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
More than half of the country's ASX200 listed companies don't have a female board director - prompting one gender advocacy group to release a name-and-shame report on the gender imbalance that continues to prevail in the financial services sector. Women ...

SMSF trustee group closes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... said Eason. SMSMA was officially launched in April last year to provide education and technical resources as well as advocacy for SMSF trustees. Bishell and Bill Banks, former SMSMA chair, could not be contacted.

ASF appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... than 120 organisations including banks, non-bank mortgage providers, investment managers, ratings agencies to promote advocacy, consensus and education. The forum has been working with the Australian Office of Financial Management's market intervention ...

Inactive account reforms not working: CHOICE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... designed to help address the problem of too many inactive super fund accounts aren't working, said the peak consumer advocacy group CHOICE. "The problem of unnecessary super accounts persists despite a series of industry reforms," reported the February ...

New chair for ASFA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... AustralianSuper, has been re-elected to the Chair of the Policy Committee, which comprises all Board members and sets the strategic advocacy and policy direction for ASFA. The Board also re-elected Michele Dolin as Chair of the Member Services committee ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... radio interviews by other industry advocates attacking the government only made matters worse and further isolated their advocacy. Against this the response of the government Ministers says it all. "The people that I'll speak for are the up to two million ...

Finsia names new president

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... the next two years we will increase our focus on delivering premier professional services, strengthening our policy and advocacy program and further developing our portfolio services to support our members at all stages of their career path," said van ...

New voice for SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... the SMSF sector. Established in August 2007, the association aims to help the SMSF sector maintain its integrity via advocacy on behalf of SMSF trustees and the provision of education and technical resources. Board members of the SMSMA include chief ...