AFA and Guardian Financial Planning join forces for a stronger FOFA voice

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Suncorp-owned dealer group Guardian Financial Planning announced today that the group has formed a partnership with the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), joining the AFA’s Licensee Partnership Program.The partnership puts Guardian on

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Zenith investing in research team

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Zenith Investment Partners (Zenith) cofounder and Director David Wright today announced the expansion of its research team with the appointment of Bronwen Moncrieff as Senior Investment Analyst within the asset

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CommSec: China’s inflation dragon is being tamed

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Chinese economic data Inflation still creeping higher. China’s annual inflation rate rose from 5.3 per cent to a 34-month high of 5.5 per cent in May. But the result was

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Investor rights should come first, says manager

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Calls for new management benchmarks for unlisted property Until some of the poor management behaviour endemic among unlisted property funds is addressed at the individual fund level, the sector will

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Principal Global Investors’ End of Financial Year Central Bank Watch

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Principal Global Investors releases its Central Bank Watch, covering current and expected interest rate policy at the Reserve Bank of Australia, Federal Reserve, Bank of England, European Central Bank, Bank

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CommSec: Lending near 5-year low; Credit cards shunned

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Lending finance; Credit & debit card statistics Lending slides again. Total lending finance fell for the third time in four months, dropping by 3.8 per cent in April to near

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Rider information and registration: BT Future2 Wheel Classic, 7-16 September 2011

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Cyclist registration and information   Reproduced with the permission Reed Business Information x The BT Future2 Wheel Classic is the initiative of Future2 founding trustees Ray Griffin and Peter Bobbin.

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S&P:’New’ ratings Russell After Tax and Income Shares Funds

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S&P Rates Russell Australian After Tax Fund As Four Stars And Russell Enhanced Income Shares Fund As Three Stars   Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its four-star ‘NEW’

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ASIC: Company director in court on market manipulation charges

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Mr Hoong Kee Tang, a former director of Wintech Group Limited, which is in administration, has been arrested and charged with market manipulation and making false or misleading statements in

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ASIC: orders to wind up Global Rule

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ASIC obtains orders to wind up Global Rule ASIC has obtained orders, by consent, in the Supreme Court of Queensland appointing Mr Michael McCann, of Grant Thornton, as liquidator of

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