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CFS signs distribution deal with Aspect

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... structured products using Aspect's alpha-generating capacity throughout the year," he said. Anthony Todd, Martin Lueck, Michael Adam and Eugene Lambert founded Aspect Capital. The deal means Aspect Capital's distribution arrangement with Select Asset ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... futures contract was 12 points lower at 4,825 on volume of 14,624 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the market was improving as investors turned to domestic issues following negative influences from overseas. ...

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 ...

FinaMetrica rides regulatory wave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
UK financial services regulatory reforms opened a new market for Australian-based FinaMetrica, a firm that provides financial advisers with a tool to assess their clients' risk tolerance. Paul Resnik, chief executive at FinaMetrica, said regulatory ...

AFS to launch SMSF admin service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group is launching a self managed super fund (SMSF) administration service that could halve the time required to set an SMSF. Peter Daly, managing director and group chief executive at AFS Group, said the administration ...

Sentry selects van Eyk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... acquisition of Australian Finance Group Financial Planning in October last year," said van Eyk national account manager, Michael Angwin. "Certainly the quality factor was an important factor in our decision to renew the agreement. The business model ...

AMP broadens risk profile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
In a sign of the times, one of the country's largest planning groups has expanded its risk profiling tool to accommodate seven types of risk profiles instead of five - adding "short duration" and "cautious" to the mix. Previously, AMP's risk profile ...

Netwealth buys $700m FUA planning firm Bridgeport

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Platform and financial services provider, netwealth, has bought national dealer group, Bridgeport Financial Services - marking the company's foray into owning planning practices directly. Bridgeport has offices in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra ...

AUSCOAL Super adds another cash manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
AUSCOAL Super has given a fixed interest mandate to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) to invest funds in high-rated and secure cash investments. An AUSCOAL Super statement said the investment mandate is designed to make its cash ...