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AFA makes board and exec changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers has made a number of changes to its board and senior executive following a recent meeting. Brad Fox, recently appointed as AFA chief executive, has resigned from the position of AFA Treasurer to take up the role ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... economic data pointing to continued progress in the US. Let us count the ways: Consumer confidence - both the Conference Board measure and the Reuters/University of Michigan gauge - rose in February. That's despite the income and payroll tax rises already ...

Centric Wealth appoints new board member

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
Centric Wealth has appointed Bonnie Boezeman to its board of directors. She has spent 12 years as managing director and chair of Time Life Australia and 23 years in international management with Time Warner. Boezeman also held the position of Chair ...

Valuation drop for WHK if merger falls through: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... with SFG doesn't go ahead, according to analyst research. On Monday SFG Australia said that it had presented WHK Group's board with a non-biding proposal for a "merger of equals," which valued WHK Group shares at a 12% premium. The merger offer, made ...

Ex-Macq banker to head retirement home company

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Ernst & Young's former South Australia managing partner and Minter Ellison advisory board member Mark Butcher will lead a retirement village company. On Tuesday Masonic Homes said Butcher, a prominent South Australian business leader, would become chairman ...

Superpartners CEO joins ASFA board

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia today said that Superpartners chief executive Peter McNeil would join its board. McNeil has agreed to fill the vacancy for a service provider representative left by Peter Beck, who resigned his position ...

Telstra Super reappoints David Leggo independent chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The board of Telstra Super has reappointed of David Leggo as independent chairman of the fund. Leggo is a former Trustee of the Year and was appointed Telstra Super independent chairman for the first time in 2010. During the last few years he has overseen ...

La Trobe scoops global awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... awards were held in Hong Kong on Friday (February 22) and CEO Greg O'Neill attended the ceremony. The Group's Hong Kong based board member Hung Fei Chan said that "These awards highlight the innovative approach and features offered by La Trobe Financial ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... broadly-defined categories; if Congress enacts annual appropriations legislation that exceeds these caps, an across-the-board spending cut is automatically imposed on these categories, affecting all departments and programs by an equal percentage". "Obama ...

Takeover to drive $8m in savings

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... letter to shareholders said. If the takeover goes ahead the combined business will be led by the current Equity Trustees board and team, with Tony Killen staying as chairman and Robin Burns as chief executive. Equity Trustees is offering The Trust Company ...