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SMSFs cash deposits reflect volatility

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... staying on course with a long-term asset allocation plan," said Robin Bowerman, head of corporate affairs and market development, Vanguard Investments. Bowerman said investors should look past volatility for a diversified, low cost approach to investing ...

QIC eyes Asian mandates through new ambassador

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... access to high profile Chinese organisations. "Geoff's former role and profile in Beijing will assist with our business development in the region," said David Addis, managing director, corporate strategy, QIC. "We have a range of capabilities that are ...

ANZ Wealth: phone-based advisers to help with opt-in

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... efficient for the planner in time consumption and costs to deliver." Being launched in Steve Cullen's head of advice development division to build innovative new approaches, ANZ Wealth already has 25 people who provide financial advice over the phone ...

Short-termism crippling wealth management

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... pursued at the expense of long-term growth and sustainability through over-use of financial leverage, underspending on development and deferral of attractive long-term capital investments. "People tend to think that more information is better and usually ...

FOFA: Government extends soft-dollar benefit ban to non-super risk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... maintain their commercial relationships with their licensees including through lunches, training and professional development. "We will work to achieve this balanced outcome," he said. Klipin said that the devil would be in the detail of the draft regulations. ...

AFA female adviser award grabs industry attention

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... environments and running a small practice. "The program will continue to deliver many more networking and professional development opportunities to our female financial advisers," said Richard Klipin, chief executive, AFA. Currently, more than 200 financial ...

BTIM names new port specialist

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... moves to strengthen relationships with dealer groups, advisers, and fund research. Former senior manager, Strategic Development at BT Financial Group, Dale Pereira has moved into the portfolio specialist role and will work with BTIM's Macro and Income ...

PIMCO adds to insto team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... position as a manager of choice for super funds and other investors. "Sara has joined us at a critical juncture in the development of the Australian superannuation industry. More and more, our institutional super fund clients are focused on measures ...

AIA Australia creates Asia role, new CEO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... November 2009 and will start the newly created job on December 1. He has previously been general manager of business development at Australia's largest super fund AustralianSuper. In his new regional role, Green will have responsibility for spreading ...

CFA results are in for 2500 finance professionals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... "A number of factors are driving the demand for further financial education including a desire for personal career development and a growing demand for well-qualified investment professionals," he said.