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Bravura's new CEO eyes Aus wealth market

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... group revenue and Klim said that the Australian market, where it has a number of super clients, would become a key area of focus. "I am looking forward to spending more time in Australia, New Zealand and Asia to get to better know and understand the ...

FPA urge Treasury to revise legis

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... manufactures, that they should remain." The Financial Planning Association's annual FPA Week starts on Monday 23 May with a focus on opening doors into the world of planning for consumers and generating interest in the field.

Count, NAB targets SMSFs through SPAA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Major planning dealer groups including Count Financial and NAB Financial Planning are now targeting SMSF trustees through a newly-launched membership process by Self-managed super fund professionals association of Australia (SPAA). The streamlined process ...

Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Ratings agencies this week left fund managers alone but focused on the banks. Standard and Poor's yesterday left its rating on AMP Capital Core Property Fund unaffected after the resignation of Michael Winnel, the assistant fund manager. Winnel will ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... was of course on Wall Street where equities ended higher because investors ignored negative reports and chose instead to focus on the volatile weekly jobless claims data. US jobless claims fell by 29K to 409K last week - better than expectations for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
The Australian market is set for a flat start after the release of weaker economic data in the United States and on weaker commodity prices. On the ASX 24 at 0655 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points lower at 4,749. In economics ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... (AEST), the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee released minutes for its April 27 meeting. This was the main focus for bond traders during the offshore session. According to the minutes, participants "generally anticipated that the higher ...

AFA targets online ad campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... reputation of financial advisers due to the industry fund campaigns, Fox said their campaign will be more long term in its focus. "It's about taking the market beyond FOFA. This campaign will take the war beyond that," he said. Fox acknowledged the campaign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... energy groups, with BP up 1.44 per cent to 441.05 pence and Cairn Energy rising 2.31 per cent to 429.90 pence. BP was also in focus as Russia's state-run oil firm Rosneft said it had received new cooperation proposals from the British company after their ...

Merged planning group to meet new client needs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... has focused on SMSFs and estate planning. "We want to continue the good work of President on the corporate side but also focus on the business owners," said Mark O'Leary, director and co-founder, Eluvia. "We are looking at high complex clients, people ...