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Crowe Horwath and Findex in acquisition talks

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... negotiate the details of a scheme implementation agreement. The news came after Crowe Horwath entered into a trading halt yesterday and said that private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners and another organisation had expressed interest on buying ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... growth of 0.1% to an annualised contraction of 0.5% they said when the stock indices - big, small and tech - went down yesterday. Well hello! US real GDP was, indeed, recalibrated lower to show an annualised contraction of 1.0%. Got that! It's so bad. ...

CBA does not address "sketchy" info allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in statement released today. In the public statement, CBA did acknowledge yesterday's interim report from the committee inquiry into the performance of ASIC. However it did not directly address the report's ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... two divestments and the exclusion of only one extra ASX 200-listed Australian company from the 'investible universe'. Yesterday AMP Capital announced it had introduced new fossil fuel screening criteria for its Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) funds ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... rationales upon rationales why Wall Streeters are happy... or should be happy. I even counted the ways on this space yesterday: "Small caps - Russell 2000 up by 1.4% overnight - are back in favour. So are tech stocks - up 1.2%. US releases of the day ...

Bring on compulsory annuities, says Deloitte partner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... Russell Mason has said. Speaking about the future of superannuation at Russell Investments' Australian Investment Summit yesterday, Mason said. "My concern is when someone gets to retirement; they're getting a very large sum of money, and told, 'Good ...

FSC apologises to AusSuper for misinformed tweet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... not transparent. Members can't opt out." However, the next day the FSC tweeted: "FSC apologises to AustralianSuper for yesterday's comments on our twitteraccount [sic]. We acknowledge the statement was inaccurate. It's withdrawn." The incorrect $19 million ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... gained 0.33 per cent to end the week at 4,493.15 points. "Elections dominate the headlines, as the market sits between yesterday's European elections and the weekend's presidential ballot in Ukraine," said Chris Beauchamp, market analyst at IG trading ...

FPA reveals 10 point plan to improve advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Association (FPA) has unveiled 10 key points to raise the standards of financial advice. The FPA presented the plan yesterday during the Senate Economics Committee hearing on the streamlining of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The ...

Intra-fund advice is also a commission: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... "non-transparent." FSC policy and global markets director Andrew Bragg and senior policy manager Cecilia Storniolo appeared yesterday at the Senate Economics Committee hearing on the streamlining of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. ...