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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 ...

Benchmarked inflation protection doesn't stack up

MELANIE TIMBRELL | WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012

... dynamic investment process is based on scorecards used to measure the strength of a view, which then determines the magnitude of positions to achieve the target return. "The risks are that inflation outcomes will be higher than the market's expecting ...

Aus can deal with another GFC: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL | THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012

... "While contained for the moment, the risk of a much broader freezing up of capital markets and a global crisis similar in magnitude to the Lehman crisis remains. In particular, the willingness of markets to finance the deficits and maturing debt of high-income ...

BT aligned advice boutique appoints new chief

CLAIRE MCGREAL | WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011

... to the newly created chief executive role at Queensland advice boutique MQ Financial Services. MQ operates under the Magnitude Dealer Group license, which is part of BT Financial Group, and has a staff of 14 authorised representatives. Most recently ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011

... scared the markets off, it's these headlines. In our current highly volatile trading environment, rises and falls of this magnitude are considered calm trade action. Equities bounced around last night as they do every single day, but not the sort of ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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