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BT flags wealth "land grab"

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... over from Count," Butterworth said. In total 23 practices have signed with BT Select, including 10 who moved from BT Magnitude. "The financial advice industry is undergoing massive change driven by regulatory reform, market forces and merger and acquisition ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... commodities: Gold dropped by 2%, silver 3.6%, copper 2.2%, oil 2.1%. (As an aside, the Fed would still be unmoved by the magnitude of last night's drop). In the absence of economic reports, the markets' reaction would be interpreted as disappointment ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... excess returns are attributable to survivor and other biases (other research has indicated they are of this sort of magnitude), the excess alpha of around 200bp pa is still more than enough to cover the full cost structure of most institutional funds," ...

BT: Focus on Count disproportionate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... platform then we do not have a mandate for the business to be moved off platform, on platform." While not commenting on the magnitude of the transition costs being paid to practices making the switch to BT, Spiers said all select costs paid are in alignment ...

Sign on fees creating dealer group controversy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... from their loyalty." "At Count, we would never take advantage of that loyalty." Five Count practices moved over to BT Magnitude prior to the Count conference earlier this year. Following the conference, the number of practices which have moved is in ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... about contagion to the rest of the world? Certainly. Financial market volatility would jump. But I think not of the same magnitude that it did during the GFC because everybody's sort of prepared - if not positioned - for a Euro break-up, just in case. ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... it's not only China that the lucky country has to worry about this time. It also now faces the added uncertainty of the magnitude of the budget cuts that'll be announced next month. But while these look bad, they're really not much to worry about. Europe ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... Virgie, most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town recorded declines overnight but it's still within the magnitude of the daily volatility in stocks we've seen over the past few months. Not the scale one would expect if investors became ...

Confusion over APRA risk disclosure guidance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... presented to them in a number of different ways, both in written terms and pictorially. The finding was that giving the magnitude of risk rather than the frequency of losses or gains resulted in participants making more rational investment decisions. ...

ipac Securities-owned firm expands with two acquisitions

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... part of its QLD-expansion plans. Townsville firm, Financially Yours, has $86 million in funds under advice (FUA) while Magnitude Financial Planning, operated by Don Sheppard in Atherton, has $36 million FUA. The two businesses will continue to be managed ...