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Count chooses Outplan for paraplanning

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
Count Financial has selected Outplan as the sole provider of its paraplanning services to 900 advisers. Outplan, which has been working with Count for more than three years in a more limited capacity, will now provide paraplanning services across the ...

AUSCOAL Super chief wins award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
Bruce Watson, the head of the super fund billed as one of the top 50 employers in Australia, was named the 2010 Fund Executive of the Year for his achievements in superannuation. The award was handed last night in a dinner reception by the Fund Executive ...

AMP Capital adds ESG researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
AMP Capital Investors has hired Mans Carlsson-Sweeny as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst. He joins the firm after working at independent advisory firm Arbor Partners where he provided sustainable investment research to institutional ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
Luke Hartsuyker, shadow minister for financial services and superannuation, said the Coalition won't dictate how a financial planning client has to pay for advice but said it would not support all types of commission payments. "I believe that trailing ...

ESI Super and SPEC Super confirm merger

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
ESI Super and SPEC Super have agreed to merge and create a $3.4 billion fund. The merger was flagged in April this year and is expected to be completed by March next year. The decision follows Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Minter Ellison and KPMG completing ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

From super funds to banks and financial planning groups, the industry is divided between those that are pinning their future growth and consumer engagement strategy through walk-in financial advice shops and those that are sticking with a more traditional ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Wall Street's weekend may have done it some good. It left pondering the tug o' war between good company profit results and negative economic data. The Street didn't like what it saw. Investors sold... heavily. Wall Street returned last night, still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
The Australian share market has received a modest negative lead from offshore markets as Wall Street traders examined the details of an overhaul of the US financial system and Goldman Sachs' settlement of fraud charges. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Super-sized super powers up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
The adoption of MySuper and Superstream reforms outlined in the final report of the Cooper Review can only make Australia's super funds more formidable on the global stage, said a finance technology expert. Peter Hill, managing director of investments ...

Let the reporting season begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
So this is what the markets are like when news go away! Wall Street was a little bit up, so was Europe. Asian equities hopped a tad and Australian shares skipped a beat higher yesterday. Flat was the day in the life of equities markets across the globe ...