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Allco hunts niche finance acquisitions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
Allco Finance Group will turn the Allco Hybrid Investment Trust into a listed company and use it as a vehicle for a move into a range of additional finance company activities covering agribusiness finance, lending for property development, mezzanine ...

Citigroup puts a cost on climate change

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
A report has just been released by Citigroup Australia consulting analyst Elaine Prior on the effect of climate change on companies within the ASX100. The analysis follows the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDPP4) which surveyed 225 investors globally with ...

Pentacle expands distribution through planning groups

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
Pentacle Property Funds Management has entered into strategic partnerships with a suite of financial planning groups in a move towards widening distribution for Pentacle products. Pentacle announced it had entered into agreements with a range of groups ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on a positive lead from United States markets. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0917 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 19 points at 5,485. On the economic front today, the Australian ...

New planners lack listening skills

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
... that recently qualified financial planners are deficient in listening skills and lack the required knowledge to formulate a plan for those approaching retirement. The Deakin University research looked at 162 registered financial planning firms. It focused ...

S&P signs up IOOF for planner distribution deal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has partnered with IOOF to provide fund ratings and research to IOOF and its affiliated planner group Consultum Financial Advisors. S&P said more than 60 adviser groups have direct access to their ratings and research ...

BankWest and ABN AMRO win Best of the Best reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
BankWest has been awarded Money magazine's Best of the Best award for reverse mortgages sold by banks while ABN AMRO won the award for the best non-bank reverse mortgage. Macquarie and CommBank came in second and third for the banks while Bluestone ...

Rainmaker's CompareOnline now compares 385 super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
Rainmaker's CompareOnline super fund comparative web software for financial planners and super funds now compares 385 funds representing 18 million members and $460 billion in assets. "SelectingSuper's CompareOnline provides financial advisers, paraplanners ...

AAA and Questus marching to the same drum

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
Adelaide based AAA Financial Group and Western Australian based Questus Capital have entered into a strategic partnership to streamline back office and support functions and establish one of the country's largest non-aligned planner networks. The strategic ...

HOST-PLUS is Money Magazine's best of the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
HOST-PLUS has won the Money Magazine Best of the Best super fund award for 2007. HOST-PLUS was also a finalist in the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Fund of the Year Awards and this latest accolade caps off a big year for the public offer industry fund. David ...