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AFA pilot course a success

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Course administrators and participants have hailed the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) inaugural FChFP Pathway Program a success. Richard Klipin, AFA chief executive, said for 11 advisers to participate in the pilot program is a great result ...

AIST calls for higher co-contribs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... earners. "More needs to be done to help boost the retirement savings of low income earners, who don't have the spare cash to top-up their super," she said.

Synchron attracts 50 young professionals

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
Non-aligned dealer group Synchron has recruited more than 50 young finance professionals to attend its Next Generation Sales Conference to be held in November. "Synchron will have over 50 young attendees at our three-day conference which is aimed at ...

Game on for sustainability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... index you get this competitive peer pressure. We've seen it consistently in every single market, it becomes a race to the top really to be seen and use the badge that they are a responsible business," he said. The index is heavily weighted towards financial ...

Financial Wisdom recognises its best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... appreciate," he said. "When we hold seminars with speakers we get more than 200 clients attending which is a majority of our top clients." Meanwhile, Rising Star of the Year winner Cameron O'Sullivan who only joined the industry four and a half years ...

ASIC tightens short-selling rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... exchange traded funds (ETFs) and warrant markets are all exempt from the shorting restrictions. Spencer Young, chief executive of top long/short fund manager HFA Asset Management said ASIC made a sensible move when it imposed a blanket ban, not just ...

Deutsche Bank extends Russian footprint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... per cent stake in UFG Invest, the Russian investment management company of UFG Asset Management. UFG Invest is one of the top 10 asset management firms in Russia with more than $700 million in assets under management at the end of June. The firm provides ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... further NZ$175 million in New Zealand after adding NZ$325 million to its September 2017 kauri issue in early August. This latest top-up takes outstandings to NZ$875 million. Both Fitch Ratings and S&P issued bulletins on Origin Energy. S&P affirmed the ...

No jump in client meetings: Business Health

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... business. We're talking about an adviser making at least four contacts with a very high touch client," he said, referring to the top 20 per cent bracket of clients who account for 80 per cent of the planner's revenue. Peatey said the inefficiencies stem ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... two iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs), providing Australian investors access to Brazil, Russia, India and China and the top 50 companies in Asia. The iShares MSCI BRIC provides access to more than 150 companies in the BRIC economies and the iShares ...