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Countplus names new MD, preps for IPO

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Countplus Limited has appointed a new chief executive ahead of its public float later this month. Countplus, Count Financial Limited's former wholly-owned subsidiary, has appointed Michael Spurr as its chief executive officer. Spurr was formerly Count ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
There just ain't no pleasing Mr. Market. No siree! The biggest and most powerful central bank in the world gave them lots and lots of play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal ...

MLC and HIP partner in insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
MLC Group Insurance has partnered with Health Industry Plan (HIP) to develop group insurance enhancements for the fund's members, including a 20 per cent rise in death cover benefits. The new partnership will see HIP members receive an increase of death ...

More departures at BlackRock

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Matt Aspinall, research account manager at BlackRock is understood to have left the firm last month, just weeks after another departure within the group's Australian research team. Aspinall joined BlackRock in November 2006 as part of the group's merger ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Just right. Gauging from the financial markets' reaction, it appears that the US Federal Reserve has got its QE2 recipe just right. It was a little hotter than the US$500 billion risk assets have already priced in but not too hot as the US$1 trillion ...

Blackshaw appointed QLD/WA head

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
St George Private Clients has named James Blackshaw as state head QLD and WA as part of restructure. The appointment was made as part of St George Private Clients building its local leadership for distribution teams in each state. Blackshaw will assist ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
"Well, it's a three step process. First, you think I'm going left. But I don't. So now you're thinking, am I going to go right or even confuse him by going left. So I go left again. Now you think I'm finally gonna go right but what I'm really gonna ...

Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Take this Friday off. For while we can talk... discuss... and argue about fresh economic stats, earnings reports, survey data out of America or even Fed speak, all these would no longer matter in less than one week from now. America's political landscape ...

ANZ posts $5bn profit

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
ANZ reported a 33 per cent increase in underlying profit of $5 billion, buoyed by the strong performance of its funds management and insurance businesses. Additionally, the full year results ending 30 September 2010 show a 53 per cent rise in statutory ...

Cbus hires Frontier and AustralianSuper execs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
The $15 billion Cbus has made three senior appointments, including former Frontier investment consultant Tim Ridley as investment strategy manager, and former AustralianSuper executive David Constable as marketing manager. Ridley will join Cbus in late ...