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HOSTPLUS cooks up a competition

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
HOSTPLUS turns up the heat on low chef apprenticeship figures and promotes the cooking industry through its own master chef competition. HOSTPLUS has launched a national cooking competition, 'Cook For Your Career', which the industry fund said will ...

Disability trust comes with caveat

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Financial advisers must be wary of the pitfalls of setting up a disability trust, with many people who have a disabled dependent likely to lose their pension or insurance benefits without the right advice. In a number of cases, a client with a heavily ...

Aust Unity boutiques cautious on year ahead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
Despite seeing a relatively positive year ahead, chief investment officers of two Australian Unity Investments boutiques remain cautions, believing that managing risk is the key for equity investors in 2011. Don Williams, chief investment officer at ...

Count Financial taps AMP for research exec

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Count Financial fills the void left by Rachel Griffith, its former senior executive in research and product, with a new appointment announced today. The group has named former AMP Financial Planning research manager, Brendan Irwin, as its senior executive ...

Busy year ahead for industry groups

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
Industry associations representing financial planners and self-managed super fund professionals have mapped out a schedule this year targeted at stronger consumer-centric advice campaigns and a bigger voice in Canberra. The Financial Planning Association ...

Year of the Bunny

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
Christian Szell: Is it safe?... Is it safe? Babe: You're talking to me? Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: Is what safe? Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically ...

Advisers must unite against AusFin

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on the profession to stand strong and united following the launch on 2 December of a powerful new group calling itself the Australian Financial Integrity Network (AusFin). AusFin counts amongst ...

Infocus appoints COO

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Former CommSec senior executive, Rod Bristow, has been appointed chief operating officer for national financial planning network Infocus Money Management. Starting in February next year, Bristow will focus on implementing professional fee-based financial ...

FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Australia's funds management market climbed 2 per cent in the September quarter to reach $1.374 trillion, but over the year it grew only 1 per cent, reveals analysis by Rainmaker. This lacklustre growth in FUM contrasts with the 8 per cent growth in ...

Insurance platforms highly preferred: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
Some 80 per cent of advisers use platforms to write risk advice, according to latest figures from Investment Trends research. This goes against the theory that many advisers are threatened by Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, with platforms ...