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Shorten unveils advisory panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... role in lifting the level of professional standards and promoting confidence in the financial advice industry. This is a major component of the Gillard Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms," Shorten said. The members of the panel are as follows ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... seen funds such as MTAA Super, Military Super and Westscheme climb 15 or more places, already putting them in the zone of major retail platforms, said Rainmaker. Rainmaker said continued recovery in property is likely to have sweeping impacts on super ...

PIH planners vote yes to merger, future uncertain

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Professional Investment Holdings is a step closer to merging with Centrepoint Alliance after the majority of PIH planners agreed to the deal - but there's a big question mark on how many of them will stay at the new firm. PIH shareholders in four separate ...

Insurance drives new client wins: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
An annual financial adviser survey shows that nearly half of advisers' total risk income this year came from new clients, giving fresh evidence that risk-related advice is core to a typical financial planning business. The CoreData Risk Study 2010 ...

Global private equity firms invest in OzForex

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... George Bush Snr. and George W. Bush, have previously served as advisors to Carlyle, while former UK Prime Minister John Major and Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra have also been involved with the company.

Zurich eyes platforms for growth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... penetration of the products that we have across various dealer groups and their approved lists," he said. Drennan said the major banks and their private banking networks, along with stockbrokers, will also be looked at as new business sources. "We're ...

M&A activity to decline: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... concludes that many global and Australian financial services firms prefer organic growth, with cautious attitudes held towards major acquisitions. The third Ernst & Young capital confidence barometer found that while capital markets did improve, figures ...

Shareholder activism at the Future Fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The increasingly activist approach of the Future Fund has been further reinforced after it voted against all three resolutions proposed at the Telstra AGM on Friday. The fund's board of governors voted against a proposal to appoint Nora Scheinkestel ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... tightening measures. The Peoples Bank of China again raised the reserve requirement by 50 bps to as much as 18 per cent for major banks. This followed the State Council's announcement of its own measures designed to contain rising food and commodity ...

More voice needed in policy debate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... said. The second element is for super funds, especially as they grow in funds under management, to position themselves as "major players in the broader economy, and by extension, the broader society", he said. It is increasingly important to use that ...