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Watson Wyatt loses senior consultant to Hyperion

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... to Watson Wyatt at Westpac, Credit Suisse and in the UK at Lazard Brothers, Fidelity and Dimensional Asset Management. The pair are already familiar, as Spence previously conducted research into the company as part of his role at Watson Wyatt rating ...

Going green means getting ahead: RepuTex

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... outperformed the ASX 200, with an almost 17 per cent gap between the two. Year to date figures also showed the ASX a clean pair of green heels, with 16.48 per cent growth compared with only 11.35 per cent for the local index. Other RepuTex indices also ...

Court stops pair posing as bank

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has obtained court orders to prevent the unauthorised financial business 'The Federal State Bank of Australia' from calling itself or acting like a bank. The supposed "bank" was held up as an institution ...

Mortgage brokers bounce back in latest mystery shop

Mortgage and Finance brokers have beaten stereotypes to come up well in a survey of 104 members by the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia, contrasting sharply with a recent CHOICE magazine report criticising the integrity of brokers selling ...

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
Eleven consecutive surveys, performed over one, three and five years, show industry super funds' advantage over master trusts isn't just luck. The research, commissioned by Industry Fund Services and carried out by Rainmaker Information, showed that ...

Perpetual pair head to Challenger

Challenger Financial Services has nabbed Matthew Perrignon and Chris Durack, both formerly from Perpetual, as joint heads of the group's institutional business. Perrignon and Durack were appointed to the newly created roles of general manager, institutional ...

Property scheme lands promoters in court

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... Commission (ASIC) alleged was obtained illegally through their involvement with Money For Living and MFL Property Holdings. The pair purchased properties from elderly persons but granted them lifetime tenancies for $1 per year rent. They then on-sold ...

Company directors arrested on theft charges

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... Shaun and Nicole White after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) obtained warrants relating to the pair's involvement in the alleged theft of $930,000 of client funds through the PFS Group. The charges follow the winding up of ...

Compare the pair: Weaven vs Lambert

Journalist and moderator Bob Gottliebsen called it "the main event" of this year's Financial Planning Association (FPA) conference and the attendees weren't disappointed as Industry Fund Services (IFS) chair, Garry Weaven, and Count Financial chair ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected open softer on some weaker metals prices and a sluggish offshore lead with takeover activity continuing to dominate investors' focus. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0646 AEDT, the December share price index ...