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Billionaire faces insider trading noose

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... the secret of his success is not genius trading strategies. He is not the astute study of company fundamentals or marketplace trends that he is widely thought to be. "Raj Rajaratnam is not a master of the universe, but rather a master of the rolodex," ...

Sentry buys AFG Financial Planning

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... direction and in doing so, acknowledged it required a 'specialist' industry partner within the financial planning marketplace. "The synergy and compatibility of our respective corporate cultures, values and commitment to the long term well being of our ...

AFS jumps on board Powerwarp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... executive of Praemium, Arthur Naoumidis, said the Powerwrap agreement with AFS had wide implications for the advisory marketplace. AFS chief executive and managing director, Peter Daly, said signing with Powerwrap reflected his group's belief in seeking ...

Westpac FP maintains focus on senior planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... the bank being able to attract quality senior financial planners. "We've been approached by planners from across the marketplace directly and through intermediaries who are seeking to be advanced and senior planners because we have been investing and ...

Bluedoor Technology on hiring spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... Bluedoor Technology has been almost overwhelming," he said. "The timing is right, product appears to be right and now the marketplace is very comfortable that Bluedoor has a company of something like DST behind them." Bluedoor Technologies was appointed ...

Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... is too risky," he said. "This lack of transparency comes from using legacy back office systems which so many in the marketplace still use." To the industry's credit, the survey found the scale of activity and magnitude of outstanding exposures in the ...

AdviserLogic selects CLS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... Kurt Smyth, executive manager at CLS, said adding AdviserLogic as a client reflects CLS' growing reputation in the marketplace. "Financial planners that are determined to ensure the long term growth and profitability of their practices are reassessing ...

IOOF and AWM merger set to go

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... position and the new company, through the synergies, will be much stronger and better placed to compete in the current marketplace," said IOOF chairman, Ian Blair. "It is expected that the combined entity will be well positioned to take advantage of ...

Praemium and Heffron join forces

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... to a wider range of integrated, quality SMSF services, with advantages particularly in this challenging financial marketplace," said Praemium managing director, Arthur Naoumidis. "We are finding that more advisers and accountants are seeking high quality ...

Vanguard launches ETFs in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... industry (US) in 2008. Ian Alcock, Managing Director of Vanguard Australia, said the launch of ETFs into the Australian marketplace is a natural extension of Vanguard's proven indexing investment approach. "Vanguard will now be able to offer Australian ...