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Count buys DKN stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Count Financial has bought a five per cent stake in financial services solutions provider, DKN Financial Group, as financial planning groups continue their buying spree. The purchase, worth over $5 million in ordinary shares, means Zurich Financial ...

VFMC underperforms across four asset classes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
VFMC has underperformed its benchmarks across Australian equities, private equity, property and inflation-linked bonds over 12-month period to December last year amid a series of reshuffles in senior management and tough investment markets. The investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open higher after Wall Street rebounded from recent losses on strong results from oil giant ExxonMobil and positive data releases. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open lower on Monday following a weak lead from the US and most major world markets. At 0733 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 47 points lower at 4,499. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are likely to open weaker on Wednesday after the Australia Day public holiday, with Wall Street losing ground in late trade to post a decline. At 0827 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 33 ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
We knew 2010 would be challenging, but not this way. Not like this. Yes Virginia, we agreed that 2010 would be challenging. We thought it would be challenging because America would experience turtle-paced economic growth at best. We thought it would ...

DKN buys BMG stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
DKN Financial Group has bought a 32 per cent stake in BMG Partners and BMG Financial Planning, a long-term Lonsdale Financial Group associate. This is the first equity investment made by DKN in a Lonsdale practice since the merger of DKN and Lonsdale ...

Shadow shop reveals service gap among planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
A secret "shadow shopping" exercise on the services provided by the Industry Funds Financial Planning (IFFP) group found their advisers are not as good as independent financial advisers (IFAs) and bank-aligned planners. The CoreData report, The Industry ...

Macquarie rolls out capital protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Macquarie Global Investments has teamed up with the UK's Winton Capital Management to cater for advisers looking for new options in capital protection products. MGI launched the Winton Global Opportunities Trust 2 today, a product that gives investors ...

Celeste FM 'better placed': Villante

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Frank Villante, chief investment officer at Celeste Funds Management, formerly Souls Funds Management, said the business is better placed than it was prior to Treasury Group buying a stake in the business in November last year. This comes after Villante ...