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David Rae wins Count Adviser of the Year award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Beames and Associates Financial Services director David Rae was the winner of Count Financial's first Adviser of the Year award. The award recognises advice excellence, good client outcomes and a commitment to best practice and professional development. ...

Court rules against S&P in Lehmann Brothers class action

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
A Federal Court judgement against ratings agency Standard & Poor's has cleared the way for Councils, church groups and charities to continue a damage claim relating to Lehman Brothers complex products. Church groups, charities and 91 Councils in Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
The Australian market is set to open lower after Wall Street dropped on concerns about the US tech sector and disappointing earnings from insurance giant AIG. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points ...

Custodians fight hard for big super deals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Custodians are fiercely competing to win the business of Australia's largest superannuation funds, with some trading in short-term commercial gain in exchange for strategic long-term deals. One method of doing this is by offering so-called 'fee holidays' ...

AMP's ipac Financial Planning wins group of the year award

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
AMP-owned ipac Financial Planning has won CoreData's 2013 Advisory Group of the Year Award. The award is given to the licensee with the strongest ability to acquire prospective clients and it is based on the ratings of consumers who were in the market ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
You can almost taste it. It's nearly here. That time of year when that age-old Wall Street adage tells us to go away. May is coming! And right on cue, we get spooks from renewed and escalated tension in the Ukraine and more evidences of a slowing China ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
With the deadline now closed for submissions to the Financial System Inquiry, the first investigation into the sector in 16 years, Financial Standard investigates the big themes, the surprises and what has been missed amongst the more than 250 publicly ...

TT International adds two to investment team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
Investment manager TT International has made two senior appointments to its investment team. Marco Li joins the firm as senior investment analyst and head of Australian Equities while Duncan Robertson joins as senior investment analyst and portfolio ...

Registrations open for Future2 Melbourne to Adelaide ride

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Registrations are open for the 2014 Future2 Wheel Classic fundraising bike ride from Melbourne to Adelaide. Participants will raise funds that will enable Future2 to make grants to community not-for-profits that give opportunities to disadvantaged children ...

Wilson HTM confirms managing director appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
Wilson HTM Investment Group has appointed a managing director after Andrew Coppin resigned in July 2013. Former acting chief executive officer Sandy Grant was appointed managing director, as foreshadowed during the shareholders' annual A general meeting ...