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Guardian and Asteron help launch pro bono adviser service

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Guardian Advice and Asteron Life have joined together with a network of financial advisers to launch Claims Aid, a service to provide pro-bono claims assistance on life and disability policies. Peter Kaleta, a principal adviser at Life Shield and founder ...

ASIC reviews FoFA progress

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms have had little effect on either adviser numbers or the type of financial advice AFS licensees provide, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its review on the implementation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... index futures contract is up three points at 5,404. The Dow closed at a fresh record after the US Federal Reserve stuck to a plan to begin raising near-zero interest rates only in 2015. At the close on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... five straight sessions finishing lower, the Australian share market has opened higher on reports of a new Chinese stimulus plan and a rise in commodity prices. Wall Street stocks rallied overnight on reports that the People's Bank of China is providing ...

AllianceBernstein set to launch three renminbi funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Global fund manager AllianceBernstein is set to launch three more China funds after receiving a licence in the Chinese government's Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. The scheme allows non-Chinese financial institutions ...

Lonsec appoints consultants amid growth plans

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Lonsec Fiscal Holdings (LFH) has announced the appointment of independent consultants to identify future growth opportunities. LFH encompasses a number of entities such as Lonsec Research, Lonsec Stockbroking, SuperRatings, Adviser Network and digital ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... 1.03 per cent, at 5,475.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have posted solid gains following reports of a new Chinese stimulus plan as investors awaited Wednesday's US Federal Reserve monetary policy announcement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has named the finalists of the adviser of the year, practice of the year and female excellence in advice awards. Finalists for the adviser of the year award are Affinity Private's Catherine Robson, Dartnall ...

Ray White to launch financial advice dealership

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Real estate business Ray White has confirmed it is moving into financial advice with the launch of planning dealership Wealth Market. Describing the business as "a financial planning dealership that aims to change the way financial advice isA perceived ...

Tyndall to adopt parent name

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Tyndall Asset Management will adopt the name of its Tokyo-based parent company Nikko Asset Management as the firm prepares to launch a range of global equity products for the Australian and New Zealand markets. "We are one company and therefore should ...