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Perpetual buys Grosvenor

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Perpetual has bought Grosvenor Financial Services - a privately-owned planning firm specialising in financial, investment and tax advice. Grosvenor has more than 200 high net worth clients in the medical, dental and legal professions. Grosvenor is based ...

Not proud of Storm involvement: Norris

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
CBA chief executive Ralph Norris has acknowledged that the bank's involvement with Storm Financial was not something he was proud of - but hopes the processes put in place to help affected customers would ease some of their burden. Norris told an audience ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... assets - it eventually did and the security were put on review for a downgrade shortly thereafter. Yes, this happened in January - a full 16 months after Lehman's collapse sucked the whole world down into a vortex of what is now known as the GFC. According ...

RetireInvest receives facelift

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
RetireInvest is broadening its advice services in 2010 - incorporating a larger holistic advice model in addition to its traditional retirement planning services, while rebranding to RI Advice Group. Paul Campbell, chief executive of the ING-owned RetireInvest ...

RetireInvest hires Strategy Steps

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
ING-backed RetireInvest has appointed financial planning strategy firm, Strategy Steps, as its outsourced technical experts. Strategy Steps will provide RetireInvest with technical updates, training and financial planning strategies. The firm is an ...

Equipsuper looks for member directors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
The $4.2 billion Equipsuper is looking for member directors to join its board. Equipsuper is requesting fund members to start voting for prospective member directors as election now opens. According to an online statement of the fund, the terms of office ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Like everywhere else around the globe, Japan's equity markets have rebounded from the extreme pessimism that marked the low point of the global financial crisis back in March 2009. At the end of August, the Nikkei-225 index has risen by 48.7 per cent ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... businesses are not investing. Woe to us! In its December 2008 quarter Business Outlook - released just eight months ago in January - Access Economics was even quoted saying, "Conditions are worsening very rapidly. This is not just a recession - it will ...

Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Three KPMG partners have been banned as registered auditors for periods ranging from nine to 24 months following ASIC's crackdown on their roles in the Westpoint collapse. ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings (EUs) from three partners of KPMG's ...

Govt aids anti-predatory lending laws

GOVT ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Finance brokers and certains lenders will need to comply with new responsible lending laws a year earlier than planned under the updated timetable of the government's proposed consumer credit reforms. Under the new deadlines, the responsible lending ...