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Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... investment and wealth entities. The state winners for the FPA award were Infinity Wealth Solutions adviser Simon Podesta, from Western Australia, McPhail HLG Financial Planning adviser Simon McGuirk, from Victoria, and Genesys Wealth adviser Cameron ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... retains the other traditional attributes of a bond fund - diversification, daily liquidity, income and capital protection." Western Asset Management's chief executive, president and director, Jim Hirschmann agrees. "In this environment there is a need ...

Franklin Templeton appoints institutional sales manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... investment manager that will focus on the firm's relationships with institutional investors in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. James Savage will be reporting to Franklin Templeton head of institutional sales Keri Pratt, based in Sydney. ...

Winners of advice research grants revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... Council (FPEC) has awarded the 2015 FPEC academic research grants to academics from Deakin University and the University of Western Sydney (UWS). Recipients of the grants will be awarded $5,000 each to support the research to grow relationships between ...

BMO creates intermediary sales director role

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... manager. He began his career in equities at Commonwealth Bank, has a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Western Sydney and is a qualified financial adviser. "With more than a decade of experience in the financial services sector, Michael ...

NAB confirms final pricing for Great Western IPO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... Australia Bank (NAB) has announced the final pricing of the initial public offering (IPO) of its US-based subsidiary Great Western Bank (GWB). The offer comprises 16 million shares or 27.6% of GWB's outstanding common stock at a price of US$18 per share. ...

AFA announces new directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... Thurecht (NSW), Chris Browne (Victoria), Dianne Charman (Queensland), David Slovenic (Southern Australia), James Ford (Western Australia) and Matthew Hawkins (Tasmania). Every director on the AFA Board is required to be a practising financial adviser ...

Former GESB head of investments joins JANA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... consultant. Between 2009 and 2014 Dwyer was head of investments at the $18 billion Government Employees Super Board (GESB) in Western Australia. At GESB, Dwyer oversaw the investments team and was responsible for the management of GESB's investment portfolio. ...

Legg Mason receives first mFund inflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... inflow through ASX's mFund one day after listing six funds on the settlement service. The first investment was in the Western Asset Australian Bond Trust, and came through online broker Bell Direct. Legg Mason's other funds listed on mFund include multi-asset ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014