Chris Kennedy

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The AFA's grassroots campaign to lobby politicians over their concerns relating to the Governments FOFA reforms is working, according to the AFA....

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Investor manager sentiment grew more defensive in the second quarter of 2011 after a positive first quarter, according to Russell Investment's Investment Manager Outlook....

23 June 2011

The number of investors allocating towards exchange-traded funds will increase 35 to 50 per cent in the next two years in the wake of the current proliferation of product...

Although MLC has been open in its plans to target AXA-aligned planning firms that may be disenchanted following the bank's merger with AMP, many of those businesses say t...

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22 June 2011

There will be a surge in the number of investors embracing exchange-traded funds in the next two years, since they are increasingly being taken up by financial advisers....

Intouch Finance, the wealth management division of non-bank lender intouch Home Loans, has announced it will immediately launch a debtor financing product....

Despite noise from the marketplace suggesting competition from rivals looking to poach AXA financial planning practices, there has so far been no significant net change b...

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The MSCI Korea Index and the MSCI Taiwan Index will be maintained in 'emerging market' status - at least until the MSCI's next Annual Market Classification Review in 2012...

More stringent regulations are required to prevent insolvent financial advisers reopening their businesses and avoiding paying liabilities to clients who suffered due to ...

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Advisers remain wary of the liquidity problems the alternatives sector saw throughout the global financial crisis, but are still looking for that hedge fund type diversif...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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