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Finsia selects new CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has appointed Russell Thomas as chief executive officer and managing director. Having joined the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA) in 2003, working in the professional education department ...

Managed accounts central to advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... central figure in their clients' financial lives, attendees were told at yesterday's Financial Standard Managed Accounts forum held in Sydney. Advisers can use managed accounts to firmly cement their role in their clients lives, including becoming a ...

Planners upscale with managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... need to grow their business despite mounting regulatory hurdles, experts said at the Financial Standard Managed Accounts forum. James Mirams, financial adviser and director of Paradigm Wealth Management, is a strong advocate of the sector and sees managed ...

Swan names new ASIC, ACCC heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... global head of Securitisation. Medcalfe was also chief executive and executive director at the Australian Securitisation Forum (ASF). Medcalfe will take over from Tony D'Aloisio, who became ASIC chair on 13 May 2007 for a four-year term, which finished ...

Gillard urges China investment relationship

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Minister Julia Gillard has encouraged a strong investment relationship with China after speaking at a China-Australia business forum, with talk of tight economic integration between the two nations. As part of her address, Gillard said that China had ...

Rising star wins chair position

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Wealth Enhancers' Sarah Riegelhuth has been appointed chair of the Association of Financial Advisers GenXt committee, a leadership role that connects experienced, older advisers to those new to the profession. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the ...

Liquidnet hits $2bn in Q1 trades

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Equities trading platform Liquidnet reports exchange of $2 billion in blocks of Australian equities in the first quarter of 2011, highlighting the increased appeal on 'dark pool' trading. During the three-month period Liquidnet traded $4.95 billion ...

Credit unions and super funds show same merger trends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... financial services sector consolidates, Australian Central Savings & Loans director Terry McGuirk said yesterday. Speaking at a forum on fund mergers at the Conference of Major Super Funds, McGuirk said industry consolidation was inevitable. "In 1975 ...

Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... Coast. The new framework, developed by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) for non-profit funds urges greater disclosure with a host of recommendations including: Boards to disclose remuneration ...

Super rollovers go electronic

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... passed with flying colours and is now open for business. REST, Sunsuper and StatewideSuper tested out the Industry Funds Forum's new eRollover system to see whether it would accurately process member details and payments as they changed from one super ...