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We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
US Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke has warned that he is ready to cut rates further if that is what is necessary to shake the US economy out of its slow slide into recession, raising speculation that the AUD and oil prices will continue to skyrocket. ...

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
BankWest is set to launch a financial planning service and will sidestep the planner shortage in Australia by scoping the talent pool of its UK parent HBOS. BankWest aims to have a financial adviser in all its branches with a target of recruiting 100 ...

AFS paraplanning gets thumbs up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
Graduates from the Australian Financial Services' (AFS) Paraplanning Academy have hailed the program as a success. The academy involves recruits to complete a six-week program with the initial two weeks spent working in structured classroom activities ...

AMIST appoints new chief executive officer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) today announced the appointment of John Livanas as chief executive officer. John Livanas was previously general manager of the $12 billion FuturePlus. The previous chief executive of AMIST, Paul ...

AMP to broaden planner network

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
AMP's incoming chief executive Craig Dunn has outlined the company's strategy to expand planner numbers and improve admin support. Dunn, who replaces Andrew Mohl as AMP chief executive in January, said the financial planning industry has suffered a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
The Australian share market has had a mixed lead from Friday trading,with Wall Street up half a percentage point, oil up, gold and silver flat, and London metals mostly down. The Australian market is expected to open positively, however. At 0752 AEDT ...

QSuper appoints three GMs

QSuper, one of the largest super funds in the country with 470,000 members, has bulked up its management team after the appointment of three general managers. The three appointees were Maria Dalton as general manager of risk and compliance, Michael ...

Corp super applies ESG screen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
The Goldman Sachs JBWere (GSJBW) Staff Superannuation Fund has become the first Australian corporate super fund to sign the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment. The decision means the fund will use environmental, social and corporate ...

Frontier finds gold in sub-prime muck

Frontier Investment, an asset consultant that advises on $90 billion of super fund assets, sees the next six to 12 months as a "window of buying opportunity" of quality stocks unfairly tainted by the sub-prime crisis. Speaking as a panelist at today's ...

AFS tailors record profits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has announced they will end the year breaking all previous records. The results, as measured by the group's key performance indicators (KPIs), saw a 103 per cent increase in income, 49 per cent rise in profitability ...