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Countplus CEO to depart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... and the Board wish to thank him for his loyal service." Spurr said, "After nearly 18 years working in the Count family, I feel the time is right for me to make way for new leadership. It has been a privilege to be involved with Countplus through its ...

PROFILE: AMP SMSF managing director Natasha Fenech

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Natasha Fenech has a talent for coming up with strategies to solve problems and a passion for all things precise. She has combined the two during more than 24 years in financial services and, most recently, as AMP self-managed super fund (SMSF) business' ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
an you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? The heebie-jeebies, that is, coz it's October. September maybe the month which, on average, is the worst month of the year but October - few and far between they may be - is the month of spectacular ...

Hockey accuses Labor of making "a mess" of FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... to dismantle Labor's FoFA reforms and put even more pressure and risk on Australian investors?" Hockey said that he could feel "a great sense of embarrassment" from Bowen. "We kept pointing out some fundamental problems in the bill and when he [Bowen] ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... waiting for the opening bell to take the All Ords down to the 5,353.08 points it opened this year at... and then some. Yes, I feel you Virginia. Go ahead, spit that dummy for the heavens appear to have conspired against us, Aussies - not that we need ...

Hedge fund allocators pick unstable funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... industry is sitting in funds over $5 billion. "That means that between us all we don't have much money in the space where I feel it's likely to be most easy to manage sensibly. That's a problem." He explained that funds with less than $250 million pose ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... yesterday and the Nikkei-225 index closed above 16,000 points - the first since January this year. But, but... but despite the "feel good" day performance reports, the Topix index is up a paltry 1.2% this year and the benchmark Nikkei-225 index is down ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with modest gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,404. The Dow closed at a fresh record after the US Federal Reserve stuck to a plan ...

AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... governance screens with a smart beta approach: "Overlaying smart beta with ESG is quite a new and novel concept but it's one we feel is a very positive step. "Our extensive research shows ESG smart beta can offer investors a lower risk and higher return ...

Planners keen to leave big dealer groups

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... dealer groups because "they are increasingly seeing their relationship focused solely on product and numbers, and they really feel this is impacting on their ability to provide flexible solutions to their clients". Micallef added: "The shift of financial ...