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Brad Fox Appointed AFA CEO

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Following the shock resignation by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) CEO Richard Klipin a month ago, the immediate past president, current treasurer and Interim CEO, Brad Fox was announced as his successor yesterday. Commenting on the announcement ...

Investors turn from cash to fixed income: UBS

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
With the market already pricing in 2.5% as the bottom of the cash rate cycle, Abby Macnish associate director with UBS expects 2013 to deliver a steady migration out of cash into fixed income, and then into equities as investor risk appetite continues ...

Australian pay rate growth underperforms Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
Wage growth rates in Australia are significantly lagging Asia, but rather than showing Australia to be under-performing they reflect inflation and productivity growth differentials. A survey just released by the global management consultancy, Hay Group ...

Listed fund's shareholders approve merger

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Listed investment fund WAM Capital (ASX code: WAM) yesterday announced to the market that its shareholders had overwhelmingly approved a proposed merger with rival Premium Investors Limited (ASX code: PRV). Both companies had unveiled merger plans on ...

Five Aus equities managers share $1bn in new mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
Close to $1 billion dollars worth of new Australian equities mandates have been handed out by industry superannuation fund VicSuper as part of an investment overhaul. AllianceBernstein, Perpetual, Tribeca Investment Partners, SG Hiscock and Vinva will ...

Wealth CEO's lambast regulatory reforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
Bosses of Australia's $1.9 trillion wealth management industry think regulation is crippling their productivity, said the Financial Services Council after a survey released today. Many leaders in the wealth management industry don't think that new regulation ...

Perpetual finds new CFO

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
Fund manager Perpetual has found a new chief financial officer to replace Roger Burrows, after he announced last month he was leaving for transport infrastructure group Asciano limited. Perpetual today revealed that Gillian Larkins would fill Burrows' ...

Manual corporate actions processing costly: DST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
Mistakes, delays and sub-optimal investment decision making associated with the manual processing of corporate actions is costing Australian investors millions of dollars annually. This was the missive delivered by Geoff Harries, global head of asset ...

Insider trading gets former J.P. Morgan staffer jail

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
A former J.P. Morgan employee has been sentenced to 18 months jail by the NSW District Court after she gave inside information to a friend while working at the investment bank. Elisa Rietbergen, of Kensington, NSW gave confidential information to her ...

Charts point to bull market run in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
There's sufficient evidence within the underlying data to suggest the Australian equities market is about to enter another bull market run, according to investment chartist Regina Meani. Meani, a veteran consultant in market analysis, says there is ...