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Touchstone acquires Old Mutual assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Touchstone Investments has agreed to acquire around $2 billion worth of mutual fund assets from Old Mutual Asset Management in the US, taking its funds under management to almost $10 billion. Touchstone Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
Australian shares have fallen by 1.3 per cent due to negative offshore leads, with investors uncertain about a crucial vote on the Greek bailout package. The rally on global markets ended overnight amid doubts eurozone leaders were any closer to resolving ...

BBC denies trader a hoax interview

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The BBC has denied the trader who became an overnight Internet sensation, Alessio Rastani, was a hoax interview. London based independent trader, Alessio Rastani claimed in an interview, aired on the BBC on Monday that he went to bed every night "dreaming ...

IOOF takeover receives 99% approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
Eligible DKN shareholders have expressed full support for the proposed takeover by IOOF Holdings, voting 99% in favour of the move. In a shareholder meeting to vote on the proposed Scheme of Arrangement, 98.2% of DKN shareholders registered their vote ...

Inactive clients trouble planning industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... higher-revenue clients and ignoring the inactive ones," said Radar Results. "There's a concern that the sale of a client register from one adviser to another after July 2012 may stop the flow of trail commissions and trigger the start of the opt-in rule." ...

Opus licence decision overturned

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
The Federal Court has overturned an Administrative Appeal Tribunal's decision against the cancellation of the Australian financial services licence held by Opus Capital Limited, responsible entity for 14 unlisted property funds. ASIC's decision to cancel ...

Ideas count and Australia is up to 69,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
In a month characterised by global economic doom and gloom, Australia has just received a very welcome fillip - trade mark applications by Australian businesses are up-to pre GFC levels and have broken through the 69,000 barrier. Even better news is ...

NZ Govt to enrol extra 1m into Kiwisaver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
The New Zealand Government is proposing to automatically enrol about 1 million employees into their de facto national superannuation scheme Kiwisaver, for an estimated cost to taxpayers of A$600 million. The A$7 billion Kiwisaver scheme that makes up ...

CFA results are in for 2500 finance professionals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
More than 2500 Australian investment professionals have now received their results from the June CFA Institute exams, earning global recognition and certification of their skills. The CFA Institute, an international organisation of investment professionals ...

ANZ shows increased profit and deposit growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
ANZ said its institutional division has strengthened, profits have grown and its deposit growth has exceeded its loan growth in a nine-monthly market update released today. Mike Smith, ANZ chief executive officer said the bank's global markets business ...