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Avoid financial speculation: Pontiff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has put his weight behind fundamental long term investing and warned against speculative short-term investment in synthetic assets. In his latest encyclical " Caritas in Veritate ", Pope Benedict warned that "what should be avoided ...

REST to allocate more active Aussie eq mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Active Aussie equities managers will continue to win mandates with the $14 billion REST Super as the fund said it was sticking with its active manager core, despite several other big industry funds allocating bigger mandates to passive managers. Damian ...

Aussies lag behind in PRI implementation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
Many Australian and New Zealand signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) are lagging behind their overseas counterparts on implementing the principles, according to a progress report. The UN PRI Report on Progress ...

UN PRI gets tough and de-lists signatories

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) is kicking out around six signatories next month for failing to fulfill their reporting duties. James Gifford, executive director of the PRI, said the signatories would be de-listed after ...

Countplus buys first Sydney practice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Countplus has bought a 25 per cent stake in St Leonards-based MBT Accounting Services - marking the first purchase of a Sydney-based firm. Count Financial Limited's wholly owned subsidiary, Countplus Pty Ltd, has settled its tenth acquisition and first ...

Malaysia opens doors to foreign fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
Australian fund managers looking to expand in Asia could soon put Malaysia on their watchlist, following Prime Minister Najib Razak's announcement yesterday allowing foreign fund managers to be "fully liberalised" in the country. Razak, in his most ...

Matrix celebrates 10 years

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
Independently-owned dealer group Matrix Planning Solutions Limited is celebrating its 10th year of operations - quadrupling its size over the past decade. Founded in 1999, Matrix opened its doors as a dealer group in early 2000, with 20 advisers around ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... Australia Bank had fallen 14 cents to $22.16 and Westpac had eased seven cents to $19.93. In the headlines on Monday, Coles owner Wesfarmers says it will sell 45 of its supermarkets and eight Liquorland stores to independent grocery group FoodWorks for ...

Aussies cling to shares: ASX

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
Australians are still strong believers in equities investments with 41 per cent of the country's' adult population owning direct or indirect shares, according to latest data from the ASX. The Australian Share Ownership Study by the Australian Securities ...

PIS is not part of sale: NAB

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Aviva Australia's more than 20 per cent stake in Professional Investment Services (PIS) was not part of the NAB deal announced yesterday, creating an opening for a new ownership structure at the dealer group. PIS, one of Australia's largest dealer groups ...