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BT hires head of product for equities business

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
BT Financial has appointed a new head of Product and Development within the equities division. Lucy Steed has occupied the newly-created role since August 19. As head of Product and Development, she will be focusing on the development of all BT Financial ...

Twitter co-creator to speak at AFA Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... all comeback stories," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. "He will be inspiring advisers to pull through tough times and focus on delivering great outcomes for clients." The AFA also confirmed that customer service guru and New York Times best selling ...

APRA to focus on reinsurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will focus on the performance of reinsurance groups as a way to prevent the negative effects on the insurance industry if a reinsurer was downgraded or failed. APRA senior manager Kate Bible said ...

AMPFP not relevant without future growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... years at the helm. We can't shrink and still be relevant," he explained. In looking to grow planner numbers AMPFP splits its focus between two areas. The first is the Horizons program - an academy for qualified but inexperienced financial planners that ...

Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... to a senior global bond portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein. Alison Martier explained that investors with a domestic focus and an adherence to market capitalisation-weighted benchmarks face potential mark-to-market losses. "We believe that, in this ...

Too much super diverted to pay personal debt: CPA report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... University of Canberra and formerly a principal research fellow at the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling. The focus of the report is that rapid growth of Australia's superannuation savings pool has coincided with Australians increasing ...

Gunns chairman avoids jail for insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... not a protection for trading when a director possesses inside information." "Prosecuting insider trading has been a real focus for ASIC. Our ability to see trading as it occurs, to look out for trading in stocks we know are in play, and to invoke our ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... opt for cash, which is actually the most risky for them against CPI [consumer price index]." He said young members need to focus on beating inflation rather than attempting to preserve their capital in low growth options that, in a low cash-rate environment ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
A focus on demographic megatrends makes it possible to make earnings forecasts beyond investment analysts' typical three-year horizon, creating opportunities to take advantage of mispriced stocks, according to Fidelity portfolio managers Hilary Natoff ...

CIE expands its education program to the retail market

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013