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Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

Year of the Rabbit, year of acquisitions: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
Seven out of 10 investment analysts are bullish about the prospects of Asian companies this year and expect many of these cashed-up businesses to grow through acquisitions and palm excess cash as higher dividends to shareholders, a survey found. The ...

Countplus loses senior exec to Premium

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
Countplus' former acquisitions and integrations manager and interim chief executive, Jeremy Wardell, has left the firm, taking the top job at Premium Wealth Management as chief executive. The independently-owned financial planning group said Wardell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key Wall Street indices higher, although gold was flat and oil was lower. Copper hit a record high. On the ASX 24 at 0710 AEDT, the March share price ...

Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Draft legislation released by the Treasury on Friday has called for submissions regarding the use of tax file numbers (TFNs) on superannuation funds, a motion receiving mixed responses from the industry. The draft proposes to assign TFNs to identify ...

Former Astarra investment manager pleads guilty

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... receiving disclosed payments in his role as investment manager of the Astarra Strategic Fund (ASF) and Astarra Superannuation Plan (ASP), and that he knowingly made materially misleading statements about the value of investments made by the ASF. Following ...

LUCRF selects Provisio

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... provide greater depth of data. "By keeping members in constant touch with their retirement savings through a living retirement plan, they become more in tune with their fund. It also keeps the focus long term and minimises the chances of poor short term ...

Fin services execs rock 'n' roll for charity

The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) is aiming to hit the $500,000 fundraising mark at the 5th annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar' event this year. Next month, investment professionals across the industry will gather in Sydney to showcase ...

NAB FP to increase planner nums 20 pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
NAB Financial Planning (NAB FP) is set to add 100 financial planners by September as it builds out its business focus to target small and emerging business customers. The financial planning group is training a large number of its planners on advanced ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... their mojos... or so it seems. The current buzz in the Continent is that governments are very close to agreeing on a cohesive plan to tackle the debt crisis and defend the euro. Yup, they're close to agreeing and... with each other. This alone is a coup ...