Hillross names Adviser of the Year & Firm of the Year

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Sydney financial adviser, Jonathan Kilborn, has been named Hillross Adviser or the Year while Brisbane based financial advisers’ Arrive Wealth Management SEQ has taken out 2011 Firm of the Year... Read more continue reading

AFS appoints Regional Manager for SA & WA

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Australian Financial Services Group Limited’s (AFS Group) Group CEO and Managing Director Peter Daly, has announced the reappointment of Ken Blayney to the role of Regional Manager for Western Australia... Read more continue reading

Ratings on Aberdeen Multi-Sector Funds not affected by strategy team changes

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today stated that its ratings on the Aberdeen Multi-Asset Income and Aberdeen Capital Growth funds are unaffected following changes to Aberdeen Asset Management’s multi-sector strategy... Read more continue reading

Get FoFA back on track: AFA

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Draft Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation is still failing consumers by not measuring up to its own expectations, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). Commenting on the... Read more continue reading

S&P assigns three stars to two BT Australian Share Value Funds

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned three-star ratings to the BT Ptnr Aus Shr Val 1 Retail and BT Ptnr Aus Shr Val 1 WS funds. Both are classed... Read more continue reading

Steve Newnham joins Australian Ethical Investment

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Fund manager and superannuation provider, Australian Ethical Investment, has appointed Steve Newnham as its new Executive Director, Business Development. “Steve has been a director of Australian Ethical for the past... Read more continue reading

S&P releases global emerging market review

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today released ratings covering 27 global emerging-market capabilities across the three peer groups of global emerging markets, Asia ex Japan, and single country (including China... Read more continue reading

Vanguard welcomes greater investor choice through ASX AQUA Rules change

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Vanguard welcomes yesterday’s amendments to the rules for the AQUA Platform by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as a win for investor choice. The new rules allow fixed interest exchange... Read more continue reading

S&P rates the Challenger Guaranteed Income Plan as Strong

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services rates the Challenger Guaranteed Income Plan (Liquid Lifetime) as ‘STRONG’. The rating reflects the product’s solid income profile and its ability to deliver a constant... Read more continue reading

S&P announces ratings on six Hunter Hall Trusts previously on Hold

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today announced ratings for six Hunter Hall equity trusts placed ‘On Hold’ on 24 November 2011.  Five of the trusts are now rated three stars,... Read more continue reading