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PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Running one of the nation's most highly regarded training programs for financial advisers might seem like an unusual job for a former typist turned IT executive but Mark Smith found out that it is actually the most fitting role for AMP Horizons director ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Australia's unemployment rate is set to pass 6% in the coming year, and could go further if the Abbott government does not address labour market regulation, according to The Australian contributing economics editor Judith Sloan. Speaking at the annual ...

Planners shy away from margin lending advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Financial planners are shying away from margin lending advice following falls in the margin lending market in the second and third quarters of 2013. The proportion of planners advising on margin lending fell from 55% in 2012 to 45% in 2013, according ...

Credit to escape impending bond rout

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Fixed income investors should avoid the worst of the impact of rising interest rates by holding bonds with higher yields, according to UBS Wealth Management global chief investment officer Alexander Friedman. With interest rates at record lows across ...

ATO figures nail in coffin for SMSF critics: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Pension withdrawal trends demonstrate that self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are using their funds responsibly, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). According to Australian Tax Office figures, in the 2011-12 financial ...

AMP announces key marketing appointment

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
AMP has appointed Helen Livesey to the newly-created role director Brand and Marketing, reporting to AMP's chief customer officer Paul Sainsbury. Livesey, previously AMP director Brand, will be responsible for leading AMP's direct-to-consumer engagement ...

Li likes 7%, maybe 7.2%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014

Wealth Enhancers appoints investment specialist

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Wealth Enhancers have strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of former Business Spectator and Markets Spectator editor Kirstie Spicer. Prior to her work as an editor, she worked for Dixon Advisory as an investment advisor. Spicer said ...

Trust in Australian CEOs plummets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014

Appleyard defends free SMSF service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
CleverSuper head Chris Appleyard has defended his organisation's plans to launch a "free self-managed super fund [SMSF] service for every Australian." Yesterday Financial Standard reported that the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) ...