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AFA urges Independents to help change FOFA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... the FOFA start date to ensure industry is "adequately prepared". Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Richard Klippin had previously argued that Independents would be key in efforts to amend the legislation as its stands. It followed ...

Aviva rebrands to Antares

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Aviva Investors Australia will rebrand to Antares to match the branding of parent company MLC's existing institutional fixed income team with a managing director and head of equities also appointed. MLC acquired Aviva in October last year and has since ...

Rice Warner appoints new head of super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... executive Rice Warner. Other recent movements at Rice Warner include Melissa Fuller as deputy chief executive officer, with Richard Weatherhead taking on the extra role building the firm's investment consulting practice. Rice Warner told Financial Standard ...

Attitude overhaul needed: Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... investor confidence and get investments back on track, according to Perpetual, with asset allocation severely undervalued. Richard Brandweiner, Perpetual's group executive for income and multi sector, said the wealth management industry has yet to earn ...

FOFA discontent rumbles on after PJC findings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... that would deliver on the consumer protections and benefits that FoFA was originally intended," said Rantall. The AFA's Richard Klipin highlighted his concerns over annual fees and opt-in, which he said would lead to job cuts and more expensive advice ...

ASIC steps back from social media hard-line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... adverse impact on the viability and take-up of some digital channels where financial services are already lagging," said Richard Dunkerley, marketing manager, life risk at Zurich Financial Services Australia. "The earliest draft started from the point ...

ALP leadership issues will delay FOFA: Chikarovski

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... in the best interests of the country to have a government which is so focused on itself," Chikarovski said. AFA chief Richard Klipin said the organistion would continue lobbying both sides of Parliament in addition to the Independents in the lead-up ...

S&P calls for adviser education on new ETF indices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... which puts the onus on the quality, robustness and transparency of index methodologies and underlying asset prices," said Richard Murphy, ASX spokesperson. Proposed FOFA legislation and the requisite shift to a fee-for-service model will make ETFs more ...

Perpetual announces institutional appointments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... to build solutions that are completely in-sync with investor needs, portfolio requirements and market conditions," said Richard Brandweiner, group executive Perpetual Investments. He added that new funds and solutions would be rolled out in the first ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... Wednesday a drop in first-half profit of 5.5 per cent, to $US9.941 billion ($A9.3 billion). Burrell Stockbroking director Richard Herring said the market was still absorbing BHP's profit result. "These strong commodity prices aren't going to last forever," ...