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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to buy fin planning business

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has entered into an agreement to buy Southern Financial Group's financial planning business, loan book and some of its investments. The Bank said that the deal, worth $290 million, would allow it to expand its presence in western ...

DUET Group approves internal management

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Plans announced in July to internalise the management of Macquarie and AMP Capital-owned utilities investor DUET Group have been approved by the listed fund's shareholders. Macquarie and AMP Capital now hope to internalise DUET's management arrangements ...

Ex-Macq banker to head up Govt clean energy fund

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
An ex-Macquarie banker starts work today as chief executive officer of the Federal Government's renewable energy investment vehicle, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Oliver Yates will be the first chief executive of the fledgling fund, and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Australian stocks are firmer, with gains among metals companies leading the broader market higher. But, local stocks have underperformed compared with Wall Street, which finished last week more than a per cent higher, with investors nervously eying ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... cliff. Washington's still in the midst of working on a compromise deal. Only the soundbytes have changed from concerns over Ben Bernanke's warning that, "The realization of all of the automatic tax increases and spending cuts that make up the fiscal ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong lead from Wall Street at the end of the week. At 0730 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 30 points at 4,450. No major economic news is expected on ...

Super reforms should not kill off smaller funds: Quadrant

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Super and financial advice reforms don't necessarily have to put small super funds under the pump, according to Quadrant Super CEO Wayne Davy. It is widely anticipated that reforms such as MySuper, and the downward pressure on fees that result, will ...

New retail manager for Franklin Templeton

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Matthew Hattersley as Key Account manager, northern region, for its local retail business. Based in Sydney, Hattersley will have responsibility for national key accounts and dealer group relationships in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower, after markets in the United States were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. At 1010 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down three points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,410.1 points, while the broader ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Protests by the Victorian branch of the CMFEU against an alleged indirect business relationship CBUS has with the Grocon building group has highlighted how - as super becomes more wired to the broader economy - funds will have to confront more intense ...