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BlackRock ends "unfair" analyst surveys

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... information that can move markets," Schneiderman said in a statement. BlackRock spokesman James Badenhausen told The New York Times that the practice was introduced by Barclays Global Investors prior to its acquisition by BlackRock. According to the ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

One-stop-shop firms surge to gain scale against big instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... are valued from 0.7 up to 1 time their accountancy fees, whereas financial planning firms are usually valued around 2.5 times their revenue. "Both professions will be coming closer together in the next months and years, but that doesn't mean that they ...

Taper talk - the finale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013

Rice Warner warns of massive TPD underinsurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... Australia', found that an average Australian couple aged 40 with children required life insurance cover of approximately 10 times annual earnings just to repay debts and maintain current living standards. To maintain the same standard of living, however ...

AMP's Ipac unveils Next Generation Advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... Client feedback helped Ipac identify issues that clients did not understand or did not like. "We found out that most of the times it's the detail and the wording," Steele said. "Sometimes we think that it's the big picture that makes the difference but ...

Perpetual and Thorney "instrumental" in OneVue IPO talks

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... is their preference and I certainly listen to their views." "Both companies have both delivered to shareholders in recent times and I'd be a fool not to listen to them." She added that OneVue had enjoyed the freedom of "flying below the radar" that operating ...

Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Lift aged pension to 70: Productivity Commission

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... beyond those ages. "Total private and public investment requirements over this 50 year period are estimated to be more than 5 times the cumulative investment made over the last half century, which reveals the importance of an efficient investment environment," ...

FoFA boosts advice business valuation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... said. "Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) multiples have remained steady since FoFA was introduced and can vary from 4 times to 6.5 times, depending on the practice." Advice practices are increasingly "chopping up their books," especially in the ...