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Charter Hall targets advisers with SMA

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... to exploit market inefficiencies and buy high quality securities priced at a discount to their intrinsic value," said Richard Stacker, chief executive officer, Charter Hall Direct Property. The actively managed securities fund will invest in A-Reits ...

Advisers sacked, fees halved in "doom" scenario

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... Shorten's release of the FOFA changes but the numbers were so large that they still presented an issue for planners. But Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), said the report was unnecessarily alarmist. "It's ...

New super products and mergers may result - insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... for service advice for super and on insurance outside super if they want to stay on a commissions basis structure,' said Richard Weatherhead, director and head of life insurance of Rice Warner Life insurer CommInsure said it supports the reforms that ...

FOFA leaves consumers in the cold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... announcement of FOFA reforms, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). AFA's chief executive officer Richard Klipin, believes that the execution of FOFA reforms will promote more confusion, and higher costs for consumers, making financial ...

Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... the US$600 billion QE2 a "dangerous gamble" and a "bargain with the devil". Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser, Richard Fisher of Dallas and Narayana Kocherlakota of Minneapolis were on the news just a few months ago, indicating their preference ...

Clients want commissions - AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... compared to 17.3 per cent which listed it as no concern. "Many would not pay for it if commissions are abolished," said Richard Klipin, AFA chief executive. The research also found that 44 per cent of those who do hold life insurance without an adviser ...

MLC preps advisers for EOFY

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... including how to gain from a capital loss, paying less tax on super benefits and making tax deductible super contributions. Richard Nunn, executive general manager, MLC Advice and Marketing, said that MLC had created this online portal for its advisers ...

Planners prime legal targets for angry clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... "There are too many people trying to capture everything," he said. "With SMSFs they are so complex you really need a team." Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said independent planners manager risk through their ...

State Street increases super potential

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... long-term mandate from REST Industry Super in January and has also helped manage State Street's relationship with NGS Super. Richard Coia joins today as head of sales and client management, with a focus on large industry funds, super funds and investment ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... action against the entity that committed the fraud, such as Trio, and if they were given financial advice, their adviser. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said the Trio fraud put the issue of risk at front and ...