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Zurich builds retail risk with new appt

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
Zurich has added a new national key account manager to its retail risk team as the firm moves to capitalise on growth in the space. Kristen Lennis-Harvey, formerly a national account manager from CommInsure, has joined Zurich's retail risk team where ...

Invesco shifts Asian focus to consumer demand

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Invesco aims to bring the Asian consumer demand story to the doorstep of Australian retail investors with the overhaul of its existing Asian equities strategy. On October 1, Invesco will rename its Wholesale Asian Share Fund as the Wholesale Asian Consumer ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke of the importance of Australia's super industry as an "anchor" for the economy and the changes ahead in an address to over 600 wealth management professionals in Sydney this morning. In a 30-minute speech discussing ...

ASIC tightens advice advertising

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
Financial services industry faces tighter restrictions as ASIC releases a consultation paper and draft regulatory guide containing best practice guidance for the advertising of financial products and advice. Greg Medcraft, ASIC chairman, told media ...

US ceiling raised but underlying reasons remain

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The US has avoided potential disaster and signed an agreement to cut fiscal expenditures and increase its federal debt ceiling, but nothing will change if the real issues cannot be addressed - an entire generation of underpaid Americans, said Clime ...

New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Australian companies will be under pressure to publish their environmental, social and governance risk under a new reporting guide launched today. The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
The Australian share market plunged further into the red in morning trade following concerns over the European and US debt crisis. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 66.8 points, or 1.46 per cent, at 4,515.5, while the ...

Advisers to decide opt in: AusFIN

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
Strong protests against opt in has opened the door for discussions on how advisers can avoid it through their own actions, said network of consumer, welfare, union and industry super fund groups, AusFIN. Since the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals ...

Alpha puts its money where its mouth is

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Alpha Structured Investments (Alpha) is tackling the big issues - how advisers can address client investment concerns and find the products that will re-ignite their desire to invest. Alpha is holding a half-day seminar, '2011 Tax Effective Investing ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
The European Central Bank had lift off! There was hardly a ripple in financial markets when the central bank of the region with a single currency went ahead and raised interest rates last week. Darn straight Virginia, the ECB has just handed down its ...