Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 811 - 820 of 938 results for "Representatives 221"

Planner remuneration disclosure isn't working: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
The campaign to fix perceptions of adviser conflicts of interest has escalated into total war following ASIC's 184 page submission to the Ripoll Inquiry that asks the government to consider whether any form of remuneration from product manufacturers ...

UniSuper seeks head of property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
The $22 billion industry fund UniSuper is looking to hire a new head of property. UniSuper, the industry fund for Australia's higher education and research sector, is looking for a head of property to manage the fund's $2.2 billion property portfolio. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained, despite disappointing news on retail sales and jobs. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

IOSCO warns against structured products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
A major review into the causes of the sub-prime crisis has been released and its key message is that if fiduciaries don't understand structured products, they should not invest in them. The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has issued ...

ANZ Staff Super reappoints directors

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The $1.7 billion ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme has re-appointed Jo McKinstray and Geoff King as member representative directors to its trustee board. The appointments follow a search that ended last month for two representatives following the end ...

Super at the edge of abyss: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
It's time to buck up as Australian's superannuation industry hovers at the edge of an abyss following the Federal Budget's cuts to super and a preliminary report of the Henry Tax Review, warned a key industry association. Pauline Vamos, chief executive ...

FPA and Bannister Mansfield settle in court

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Bannister Mansfield have settled in court and the financial planning firm's director, Gavin Murphy, has apologised for the ads placed in the media. The FPA started proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia ...

Stakes rising fast at anti-adviser Parlie inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
The Parliamentary Inquiry into financial advice is quickly shaping up into the high stakes game it was always expected to become as of the 19 submissions received so far not one has anything positive to say about how advice operates in Australia or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
The Australian share market again has received mixed leads from overseas overnight, with Wall Street indices down, precious metals lower, but copper and oil both were higher. At 0722 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was ...

Allianz pays $500,000 to bushfire sufferers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Allianz Australia has paid out more than $500,000 to Victoria's bushfire victims and expects the total industry insured damage to reach $1 billion. By noon on Thursday Allianz had received 533 claims valued at more than $55 million, more than double ...