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Another Genesys executive leaves amid AMP restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Genesys Wealth Advisers head of leaders program and strategic alliances has left the AMP-aligned business, following the redundancies of five other managers in January. Andrew Kennedy has now left Genesys and started a new role as head of distribution ...

Buffett discloses new Verizon investment

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Warren Buffett's company has disclosed a new investment of 11 million shares in Verizon Communications, and an increase in its stakes in Wal-Mart and IBM. Berkshire Hathaway on Thursday revealed the changes to its $US106 billion ($A114.69 billion) portfolio ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

IOOF awards $115m global equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
IOOF has appointed State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) to manage a $115 million active global equities strategy as part of its IOOF MultiMix suite of multi-manager superannuation funds. The mandate was awarded to SSgA's Global Managed Volatility Alpha ...

Cuts to ASIC and ATO push industry to self-regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
Budget cuts to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will force the industry to rely more on self-regulation. The budget is contemplating cuts of $142.8 million over the next three years ...

Commonwealth Bank profits boosted by investment performance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
Strong investment performance has contributed to an almost 16% rise in third quarter cash profit for Commonwealth Bank. The bank reported unaudited cash earnings of $2.2 billion for the three months to 31 March. Statutory net profit for the same period ...

Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
Phew! Well that wasn't so bad after all. Yes Virginia, if you didn't fall asleep listening to Treasurer Joe Hockey's budget speech last night - mainly because most of the measures Joey mentioned were already drip-fed to us days in advanced - you'll ...

Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) Director of Public Affairs Matt Linden said the budget was a "missed opportunity to find small innovative solutions," saying the changes could result in a 25% decrease in retirement income for many Australians. He said ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... 800,000 businesses. We are abolishing the carbon tax and we are abolishing the mining tax. We are removing $1 billion a year in red tape because regulation means more staff doing paperwork and fewer staff helping customers. We are also creating new business ...

FPA appoints former NAB Wealth exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed Tom Reddacliff to the new role of general manager, member growth and marketing. Reddacliff moves to the FPA after many years at the National Australia Bank group, holding positions both at NAB and ...