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Count moves into margin lending broking

Listed financial services and advisory group, Count Financial has launched its own margin lending broking business in conjunction with a former staff member, Jody Sherring, who will head up the new venture. The new subsidiary will be called Count Margin ...

IWL to buy Rivkin's broking business

IWL has won its battle to purchase Avcol Stockbroking, the broking arm of Rivkin Financial Services (RFS), for $10.2 million. The deal was announced today by the three key groups involved with the sale, RFS, IWL and its subsidiaries Pinnacle Asset Management ...

FPA reveals details of CFP certification changes

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has released details of changes it will make to its Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification but has also recognised other qualifications with a number of exemptions. From 1 July 2005 all candidates will ...

Share markets still the best bet

Mercer Investment Consulting's Sector Surveys for 2004 have shown investments in either local or overseas share markets have yielded the best returns in several years. The research revealed the Australian share market rose by 27.9 per cent across the ...

Licensing relief for securitisation special purpose vehicles

ASIC has granted securitisation special purpose companies and trustees dealing in and providing custodial services for financial products, an exemption from having to obtain an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). The relief is effective as ...

Costello says economic slowdown not unwelcome

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2004
The current slowdown in the Australian economy was not unwelcome, Treasurer Peter Costello said today. In figures released yesterday, the economy grew 0.3 per cent in the September quarter, giving the nation an annual growth rate of 3.0 per cent. The ...

Portfolio Partners concentrated strategy

Portfolio Partners Prof Elite Opportunities' unorthodox strategy has earned a recommended rating from Morningstar after a solid performance over the 12 months ended October 31, 2004 where the fund outperformed benchmark by 1.73 per cent. The fund's ...

Australian Financial Services teams up with Russell

National financial planning group Australian Financial Services (AFS) has outsourced $180 million of investments to Russell's wholesale multi-manager funds. The outsourcing decision was made so AFS could rely on Russell's solid and consistent returns. ...

The active management game is hard to play

State Street Global Advisors (SsgA) research survey on manager persistency has concluded that although the majority of active managers have beaten the 'performance threshold' the trend is not consistent over time. The survey conducts an analysis on ...

Morningstar concentrates on Bernstein's outperformance

Morningstar has recommended an investment grade to Bernstein's strategy. While the fund's value strategy was launched successfully Morningstar has reservations with the concentrated nature of its outperformance. Its current outpeformance is restructured ...