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Energy Super board reduces in size, new members

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... Institute of Company Directors, Williamson has been on several boards in the past including CS Energy, Stanwell Corporation, Brisbane Marketing Ltd, Starlight Children's Foundation and the Mackay Port Authority. Before this appointment, he also held ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... Inaugural Warren Hogan Memorial Lecture in Sydney. In equities news, Bank of Queensland holds its annual general meeting in Brisbane. On Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 came off earlier highs and closed up 30.5 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 4,292.5 ...

Merger and new CEO for FMD

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... executive, Lee Wapling, will head up the firm. The FMD Group has financial planning practices in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane with 12 advisers and more than $600 million in funds under advice. FMD Financial, based in Melbourne, has worked closely ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch in Sydney. The Queensland International Gas Symposium begins in Brisbane. On Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 64.1 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 4,257.2, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Ripoll defends FOFA integrity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... promises, with opt-in dominating the discussion. In a session at the Financial Planning Association's annual conference in Brisbane, the first question the panel was asked was how advisers can be sure FOFA will achieve its aim of reaching more clients ...

FPA award winners embrace FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... the forefront of the professionalism the FPA is positioning itself under." The awards, announced at a Gala Dinner in Brisbane at the FPA National Conference, recognised five planners for their commitment to providing advice. Nominees were assessed for ...

Planners lack social media commitment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... but there is plenty they can do about that today to start existing in this space, heard a packed and diverse crowd at a Brisbane planner session. Rachel Staggs, founder and chief executive of SRS Coaching and Consulting, told Financial Planning Association ...

FPA welcomes standards

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... current industry turmoil was central at the opening session of the annual Financial Planning Association conference in Brisbane. Key Financial Planning Association (FPA) heads discussed the active role planners must play in their industry and how those ...

ASFA: Focus on the positives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
This year's ASFA conference in Brisbane opened in high spirits, despite the last minute cancellation of one of the key note speakers, Dr. Jose-Ramos Horta. The Timor -Leste president was replaced in the opening plenary session by former Liberal Foreign ...

Adviser hiring blitz at Macquarie Private Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... six of its state offices in the past six months as the group builds out its national team. Six advisers have joined the Brisbane team each with different area of focus for the group including Scott MacKenzie, Emmet Ryan who handle Australian equities ...