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Plan B names new CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... meeting shareholders, customers and stakeholder groups in Plan B before developing a new growth strategy for the group. The Western Australian-based firm has built a strong heritage in the western states, said Black, but has already begun implementing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... product for June quarter and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens delivers a luncheon speech to the Western Australian Chambers of Commerce and Minerals and Energy luncheon. The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association ...

WA adviser receives jail sentence and reparations

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
A Western Australian man has been sentenced to over three years in jail by the Perth District Court, in a case brought by ASIC. A reparation order of $1.7 million was also made. On 26 September 2008, ASIC suspended the Australian financial services ...

IFM hits back at claims it plays politics with super fund money

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Government grant from the $1.5 billion Solar Flagships program to build a solar power project at the remote town of Moree in western NSW. The project was also given $120 million by the NSW Government. Last month the Australian Institute of Chartered ...

AMP Capital wins UK pension fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011

Bond broker targets WA planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... income broker FIIG Securities has opened an office in Perth to provide bond investment services to financial planners in Western Australia. FIIG, which has over $6 billion in term deposits under advice, will give WA planners access to short term products ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... central banks would not be able to respond to a second recession the way they did to the global financial crisis. Most major western countries cannot cut interest rates dramatically as they are already near zero and governments cannot provide great wads ...

Snowball launches advice centre of excellence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... advisers through the ideas process. Financial advisers of Snowball and Shadforth along with dealergroups communities such as Western Pacific and joint ventures such as QTCU financial planning can benefit from this initiative.

Western Asset brings in fixed income manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Fund manager Western Asset Management, owned by legg mason, has appointed experienced portfolio manager Damon Shinnick to its Australian fixed income team. Shinnick joins as a portfolio manager and senior credit analyst focusing on the Australian and ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... underlying beneficial ownership (such as for a super fund member) then in a number of states - Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia - it's still considered to have changed hands," he said. "We ought to discuss it at an industry fund level ...