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Frontier to appoint CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
The board of Frontier Investment Consulting is looking to recruit a chief executive officer to work alongside current head Fiona Trafford-Walker as a means to redress the workload among the group's senior management team. Trafford-Walker said that Frontier's ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... lifestyle. "It will look at what are the areas to tackle over the next few years," she said. "We think it's an important forum." Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said the financial planning industry had seen three ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
From an $18 billion asset consultancy in 2000 to the $100 billion behemoth today, Frontier Investment Consulting is all grown up - and it is finding new ways to deliver more value to its clients. This week Frontier's managing director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... January. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (economic) Philip Lowe will address the Australian Industry Group Forum in Sydney. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release the Survey of Consumer Sentiment. In equities news, Federal Transport ...

Super heavyweights reach out to younger members

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... prepares for its sponsorship of Youth Week in April, aimed at engaging younger Australians and their super. Held yesterday, the forum involved representatives across the industry including the ATO, REST Superannuation, Association Superannuation Funds ...

AMP steps up adviser support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
AMP has launched new technology communication tools and peer-to-peer workshops to provide greater support for its advisers. AMP launched the initiative to promote intra-group communications and to facilitate regular meetings even across state boundaries. ...

YBR launches term deposits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... playing field to a new level of competition," said Mark Bouris, chairman, Yellow Brick Road. Speaking at the Chief Economist Forum last week, Dr Don Stammer said that on-call and term deposit rates were currently 'very attractive to depositors'. According ...

Aus equities forecast to return 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... company director and well-regarded economist Don Stammer told the audience of last week's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. The 20-per cent plus upside may sound far fetched to many investors but Stammer pointed out some compelling reasons that ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
This week's Financial Standard chief economist breakfast forum heard that no matter what the economic question, the answer always seems to be China and how we seize it's opportunities, contain its inflation threats and redirect its capital flows. The ...

Homegrown techs gain top billing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... technology company, the SMARTS Group, and investment technology supplier, the Milestone Group, will be featuring in a technology forum that aims to showcase Australia's leading financial services technology providers. The Financial Services Technology ...