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Citi appoints Sherry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Citi has appointed former Australian senator and minister for superannuation, Nick Sherry, as senior advisor to its securities and fund services division. Based in Australia, Sherry will have a regional role supporting Citi's pension fund clients in ...

Investorfirst board in chaos

STAFF REPORTER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
The board of stock broking firm Investorfirst is in chaos after one of its executive directors moved to requisition a special meeting of shareholders to remove three of his fellow board members, according to The Australian. As reported in the broadsheet ...

Advisers struggle to add value

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Under the Future of Financial Advice opt-in and fee disclosure reforms, many advisers may struggle to offer a strong value proposition to their clients, according to an industry expert. Leith Thomas, director of the Bailey Roberts Group said generally ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... strategy - which should be the next generation solution for securing retirement income, said Nobel laureate in economics, Robert Merton, speaking at a recent FINSIA gathering. Merton is advocating for better engineering of retirement solutions focused ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on the US and European bourses as concern re-emerges over the eurozone's debt problems and confidence wanes for the Federal Reserve's QE3 move. At 0815 AEST on Thursday, the December share ...

Premium adds new practice to dealer network

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... knowledge and focus on holistic financial management, rather than simply selling life insurance or other products," said Robert Kirk, principal at Platinum. As Premium is founded by accountants, Kirk said he was attracted to the focus on training and ...

Adelaide adviser facing sentence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Former Adelaide adviser Robert Owen Bean has appeared in court on 52 charges of engaging in dishonest conduct including accusations of misappropriating over $3.1 million of client funds. In May 2011, the corporate watchdog permanently banned Bean from ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." - Robert McCloskey By now you would have read the various and myriad of interpretations to US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke' ...

Separate wealth from income strategy: Merton

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... should be the next generation solution for securing retirement income. That's according to Nobel laureate in economics, Robert Merton, who is advocating for better engineering of retirement solutions focused on maximising the probability of achieving ...

Advisers urged to discuss structured giving

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Philanthropy director of Opportunity International, Stephen Robertson has said the increase in advisers initiating the philanthropy conversation with high net worth clients is worthy of recognition. While the decision to give is ultimately the clients' ...