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XPLAN in demand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
IRESS, the parent of financial planning software provider XPLAN Technology, has reported its annual results, highlighting that the XPLAN model continues to gather pace with further growth expected as profitability ramps up. Adjusted profit for the group ...

Tyndall promotes marketing and comms manager

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
Tyndall Investment Management has created a new marketing and communications manager role and promoted internally as part of a push for a stronger retail presence. Maria Pavlellis, formerly a Tyndall equities research analyst and most recently part ...

Staff churn afflicts underperforming small cap sector

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Staff churn affected one-quarter of Australian small cap managers. This at a time when the sector notably underperformed could help drive down the ratings of 25 per cent of all S&P rated managers. In its latest sector update released today S&P found ...

Trustees told to ramp up disclosure: ASIC

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given new guidelines for superannuation trustees on reporting material changes and significant events sooner after they occur in a bid to ramp up disclosure to members. ASIC's executive ...

Macquarie CountryWide Trust promotes a new CEO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2006
Australian Stock Exchange listed Macquarie CountryWide Trust has announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer after the current chief executive officer stepped up to a new role as head of Macquarie Real Estate Capital, North America. A ...

ACT govt slashes SG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
In its 2006-07 Budget, the ACT Government has announced it will reduce its superannuation guarantee level to 9 per cent from 1 July 2006 in a bid to reel in the expected 700 per cent increase in super costs over the next 30 years. Up until now all employees ...

Associations need to raise standards themselves: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, has played down any chance of ramping up regulation over the financial planning industry and has urged key industry associations to take raising standards into their own hands. Opening the financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as higher precious metal and oil prices on Friday feed into the rampant resources sector. Also financial stocks are expected to be firmer ahead of earnings from a couple of the major banks and one of the ...

Super funds keep tills ringing at Harris Alternatives

Superannuation funds are ramping up their fund of hedge funds (FOHF) allocation with IXIS-owned Harris Alternatives reporting an astonishing six-fold increase in funds from $170 million two years ago to $1.17 billion currently. Harris Alternatives is ...

We need professional education courses that set advisers apart: AFA

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has picked up the ball and run with it following last week's shadow shopping fallout, and the answer they say, is in improved professional education. AFA chief executive, Richard Klipin, admitted what keeps ...