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DKN agrees to support IOOF takeover

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Financial services provider DKN Financial Group has agreed to an increased takeover offer by IOOF Holdings, subject to independent valuation. IOOF has increased its bid from an indicative offer of 75c per DKN share, which was hotly rejected by major ...

Count says advisers worried about IOOF offer

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
Independent financial advisers may have an issue with institutional ownership under the proposed IOOF takeover of DKN Financial Group, a major shareholder of the takeover target said today. Count Financial chief executive Andrew Gale said regulatory ...

Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Not that I'm complaining -- but what just happened to Wall Street last night? As far as I'm concerned, the latest economic releases were the stuff sell-offs are made of but nay, nein, nyet - they stamped a buy on equities and commodities. Asia, Europe ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
The Australian market may gain on Monday after US equity and most commodity markets rose on Friday. Trading may be subdued because of public holidays in the UK and US on Monday. At 0753 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Hyperion scoops $600m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Boutique Australian equities manager Hyperion Asset Management has won a substantial new mandate in what is regarded as a major success for the quality investor. The Construction and Building Unions Superannuation (Cbus) awarded Hyperion a $600 million ...

Planners chance to get involved

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
The Financial Planning Association has opened its entire committee structure up to members so they can get involved. The organisation is trying to galvanise its 8000 members to action as it seeks legal recognition of the professional status of financial ...

US inside trader hit with possible two-decade jail sentence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
A former billionaire US hedge fund player has been found guilty of a spate of insider trading charges and could be slapped with a 19.5 year jail sentence. Raj Rajaratnam, who co-founded the New York-based hedge fund management firm, Galleon Group, has ...

Count morphs into super entity with new AFSL

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
Clarification around FOFA has positioned Count to become an Investor Directed Portfolio Services (IDPS) operator and Responsible Superannuation Entity (RSE) in respect of its strategic platform offerings. The independent dealer group said the cut of ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Uh-oh, this is the last day for equity investors to decide whether or not to "sell in May and go away". An article Reuters published on 27 April reminded me so. In it, Reuters wrote, "Jeffrey Hirsch, publisher of the Stock Trader's Almanac, offers some ...

Industry digs deep for children's charity

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Fund managers and life insurance companies helped raise $10,000 for a children's charity at an annual conference hosted by PATRON Financial Advice. The annual conference took place in Hobart in March and featured a 'Sergeant at Arms' to fine delegates ...