CFP certification bodies gather in Sydney to develop strategy to lead the financial planning profession

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Financial Planning Association of Australia to host professional bodies from 24 territories representing 150,000 CFP professionals Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB), owner of the international CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification... Read more continue reading

Local Government Super appoints new Director

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Local Government Super has announced the appointment of James (Jim) Montague PSM to its Board. Mr Montague will replace John Beacroft who is stepping down from the Board after five... Read more continue reading

FEAL CEO Departs

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Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) has announced that its CEO Michael Baldwin will depart later this month. Joanna Davison, who has previously held senior positions at Colonial First State Global Asset... Read more continue reading

Stronger medium term outlook fuels market optimism

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Rising confidence about global growth prospects, coupled with the fall in the Australian Dollar (AUD), has led investment managers to be optimistic about the share market, according to new research... Read more continue reading

Gordon Lefevre appointed AMP CFO

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AMP Limited has appointed Gordon Lefevre as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr Lefevre will join the company at the end of January 2014 and will assume the role of CFO on... Read more continue reading

Skaffold’s 2013 top five stocks outperform Index by 13%

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The top five stocks identified by online stock research application company, Skaffold, have achieved a stand-out performance over the past nine months, delivering a return of 28.3%. In comparison, during... Read more continue reading

On the road to raising $$$ for disadvantaged young Australians

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After months of training and weeks of fundraising, financial planners finally got on the road early Saturday with the Future2 Wheel Classic, the epic annual cycle ride organised by Future2,... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 4 October 4

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Key events of the past week and implications The partial US Government shutdown was the dominant event globally over the past week. While initially financial markets took it in their... Read more continue reading

The New Normalisation – of Fed Policy; a note from PIMCO

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Let’s jump to this note’s conclusion: Past is not prologue for the projected path of the Fed’s policy rate. Expect the Federal Reserve to keep its policy rate low for... Read more continue reading

Russell stands out amongst multi-manager peers in Zurich review

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Zenith Investment Partners (Zenith) has today announced the results of its multi-manager diversified category review, the first of three to be released as part of its 2013 Diversified Sector Review.... Read more continue reading