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Advisers overlooking business development

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... as the most important services respectively. The survey also found that only 22% of respondents believe their business is ready for sale but only 19% said they have a list of suitors ready to buy. "Any buyer of a business will be looking for long term ...

Hamilton prepares counter-bid for Elders forestry scheme

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Hamilton Securities Limited is readying a competing bid for the acquisition of the Sandalwood Scheme, an agricultural investment scheme managed by Elders in Western Australia. Elders is under financial pressure to offload the forestry assets and has ...

Bluedoor launches SuperStream tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... the same name. The product, which enables business-to-business and business-to-government message interactions, will be ready by July 1 2013 in order to enable institutions to meet the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) new regulatory ...

More details needed on conflicted remuneration guide

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Financial Standard. "It is a good and a welcomed start and certainly this guide has enough to continue preparing and being ready for FoFA," De Gori said. AFA chief operating officer Phil Anderson showed concern at the fact that some of the issues that ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... pro-business policy is a landmark decision, according to Nikko AM, which believes that the world's third largest economy is finally ready to deliver after two decades of sub-standard returns. Japanese equities have delivered almost 30% since October ...

Guardian Advice unveils mentoring and equity partnership program

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... its strategy in order to attract younger advisers. The organisation has started by making the most of experienced advisers ready to retire by buying their books of clients, splitting them and giving younger advisers new clients to work with. "Lots of ...

AFA ramps up membership campaign

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... renewed confidence in the industry, Fox said AFA is concerned about the fact that a number of financial advisers are still not ready for the Future of Financial Advise (FoFA) reforms. "We've got concerns and we think it's going to be hard for all the ...

What Stronger Super?

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... "They are unsure about the rules and the goal posts just keep moving; Australian workers want help to become retirement ready," Anderson said. Over half (53%) of respondents believe their employer should be helping them manage their overall financial ...

BNP Paribas targets UHNW clients in Asia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... plans to expand its wealth management business in Asia. Chief executive Jean-Laurent BonnafA(C), said the French bank was ready to "actively pursue business development in 2013" after adapting the business to new regulations by boosting capital. The ...

Media super ups disclosure, lodges MySuper application

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... and as such we have submitted that option as the basis of our application," he said. Rooney said that Media Super would be ready for the 1 July MySuper start date, and was advising members of this through its half-yearly statement cycle. The fund also ...