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Merged planning group to meet new client needs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Three AMP accredited financial planning firms have combined to form a national business, Eluvia, providing a more complex suite of advice to SME and individual clients. When Sydney based President Financial Services came on the market in 2010, KRA Financial ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... it's because of the current alignment of the four planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter. According to the Midlands School of Astrology, "The last time these four planets were in such close alignment was around 29th October 1910, over 100 years ago. ...

NGS Super merger too late for tax relief

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
NGS Super expects to complete a merger with UCSuper by early 2012, missing out on capital gains tax relief, having signed a memorandum of understanding to create a combined $4.4 billion fund. The optional capital gains tax (CGT) roll-over for capital ...

Fin services lend weight to East Timor education

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... priority as more than half of the state's adult population are illiterate, with the number higher among women. Worse, many school buildings were burnt down when Indonesian forces invaded East Timor in the '70s and late '90s. "It's really our way of saying ...

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), TOWER Australia and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management launched its inaugural AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award in Sydney last night. Tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings ...

Accountants attack planners over naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... have a good reputation and university qualifications are required," he said. De Gori said at present anybody could finish school and after minimal training hang up their shingle as a financial adviser. "It's not enough," he said. "We think they should ...

ASX eyes merger alternatives

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... collapse will come as a relief, given the level of skepticism when the deal was first agreed. Professor Peter Swan from the School of Banking and Finance, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, said a takeover could prove disastrous ...

Adviser award highlights need for women-centric advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... Advisers will launch the AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award in conjunction with TOWER Australia and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management. "The Award seeks to actively encourage more women into the industry so they are better represented within ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Monday in "cautious" trading, as investors continued to digest developments on fighting in Libya and the nuclear emergency in Japan. Performances from major resources and banking stocks were mixed. At ...

RBF appoints CIO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... BSc (Hons) and a PhD in applied mathematics and is currently studying towards an Executive MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management. "Dr Lundy will lead the Investments Management business unit in managing the investment assets of RBF to attain ...