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FoFA boosts advice business valuation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... The valuations of advice businesses compliant with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation have increased in Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. "Concerns around FoFA have not lowered valuation multiples and in some states they ...

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
The Western Australia (WA) government is planning to sell a number of infrastructure assets, as part of a recycling strategy similar to that employed by the New South Wales government. Addressing an auditorium full of superannuation delegates in Perth ...

Tapering still some way off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... will continue as the world outside the US cannot withstand higher interest rates, according to a leading fund manager. Western Asset co-chief investment officer Ken Leech says the recent market sell-off in anticipation of tapering was an over-reaction. ...

WA Local Government Super rebrands, gets MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
WA Local Government Super is looking to corner the MySuper market in Western Australia after becoming the only Western Australian fund so far to be granted a MySuper licence. The fund, which until now has been exclusively for local government employees ...

Adviser engagement becomes TPB main priority

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... Perth and Darwin. "We had contact with over 700 tax and BAS agents and financial advisers, accounting for about 16% of all Western Australian individual registered agents," the report said. "The participants rated the sessions highly and encouraged us ...

Platinum offers $15,000 financial planning scholarship

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... (FPA) has announced. The scholarships will be offered through five Australian universities; Deakin, LaTrobe, Canberra, Western Sydney and Wollongong, and will commence at the beginning of the 2014 academic year. The scholarships offered will be for approximately ...

Sovereign wealth funds up alternatives exposure in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... sovereign flows represent just over US$6 trillion, a vast market which major global economies rely on for investment. Western investment sovereigns currently hold the most alternative assets with respondents having 21% of all portfolio assets allocated ...

Federal election boosts Australians' economic optimism

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... Australia, which appeared unmoved by the change of Federal Government. The biggest rises in economic optimism occurred in Western Australia, which historically has been the most optimistic State. "While optimism rose among both men and women, there was ...

AUI rejigs BDM team, looks to add more positions

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013

FSC anticipates different role for Senator Cormann

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... Services & Superannuation on 14 September 2010 but following the election his official website now lists him as Senator for Western Australia. There has been widespread speculation that Cormann's success in opposition would see him inherit a broader ...