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Kelly trades in financial planning for insurance

Speculation ended today when it was announced that Kerrie Kelly is abdicating her short lived post with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to take up a career in insurance. Kelly will take on the role of executive director of the Insurance Council ...

FPA chief exec Kelly resigns

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has started the search for a new CEO, after Kerrie Kelly announced her resignation only two years after taking up the position in 2003. Kelly will leave the FPA in March to take up another CEO role ...

Vision and CARE merger 'talks' to tackle fund differences

Vision and CARE super have confirmed they are in merger talks, and while they concede that they are very different funds, senior management says 'if it's good for members, it's good for us.' CARE's Chairman, Barry Watchorn, said the main instigation ...

ASGARD consolidates SMA funds

ASGARD is implementing a number of significant improvements to their SMA default portfolios that they use in the $1.4 billion ASGARD Employee Super Account. The changes will see the SMA funds consolidate from 23 single manager funds to six multi-manager ...

Funds management industry set for generational change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2005
For an industry which barely caused a ripple 25 years ago, managed funds have become an $840 billion behemoth in Australia. But with an ageing population whose superannuation makes up 78 per cent of funds under management and a financially sophisticated ...

Sandhurst drives its funds forward

Following a review on Bendigo Bank's subsidiary Sandhurst Trustees Ltd (Sandhurst), Standard & Poor's (S&P) has assigned Assirt ratings to a range of Sandhurst's funds. A three star Assirt rating has been awarded to the Sandurst Cash Common Fund and ...

Be prepared to pay for advice: FPA

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has issued yet another warning in the super choice brouhaha claiming the debate on fees is 'missing the point' and some fund members should be 'prepared to pay' for relevant and tailored advice. "Some fund members ...

Asgard gives investors 15 more funds to choose from

The Asgard and eWrap investment menus have been boosted with the addition of 15 new funds. The new funds now appearing on both menus include the advance International Shares Core Fund; the AMP Enhanced Yield Fund; the Credit Suisse Global Hybrid Income ...

NAB to use Coad to oversee markets

National Australia Bank (NAB) has appointed Peter Coad as general manager of the markets divisions to replace Jeff Mitchell who has decided to take a yearlong career break from the bank. Coad has an extensive local and overseas international capital ...

Aon signs three for $50 million boost

The Aon Master Trust has picked up three new corporate clients adding a further $50 million to the group's funds under administration. Singapore Airlines, multi-national shipping company 'K' Line and Ballarar based brake pad manufacturer Bendix Mintex ...