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Snowball forays into funds management

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Listed financial planning group Snowball buys a portfolio construction and funds management business, Officium Capital, as part of its umbrella strategy to prepare the business ahead of new regulation in the planning industry. Snowball Group has bought ...

J.P. Morgan beefs up treasury and securities services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
J.P. Morgan ushers the new year with the promotion of its current Australia head of the securities services business, Jane Perry as Treasury & Securities Services Country Head for Australia and New Zealand - among other senior appointments. Perry was ...

Integration key to AXA bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
As the debate heats up on who will emerge as the new owner of AXA Asia Pacific, new research by Rainmaker suggests the more burning issue is how the winner would digest the acquisition - and the impact of that on the local wealth management sector. ...

Cooper Review calls for SMSF structure overhaul

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
The Cooper Review has challenged the SMSF sector on how it deals with illegal early release schemes, the credentials of accountants and financial planners that offer advice to SMSFs and whether certain financial assets currently allowed should be banned. ...

Shadforth signs direct shares deal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Shadforth Financial Group, one of Australia's largest privately owned financial advice firms with more than $8 billion in funds under advice, has signed a deal with a technology provider to provide direct equity services to clients. The financial advice ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received flat leads from Wall Street securities overnight, although metals were higher. Oil was lower, however. At 0759 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was six points higher ...

RBC Dexia wins Aberdeen mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
RBC Dexia Investor Services has been awarded a mandate by Aberdeen Asset Management to provide unit registry services for the funds which it purchased from Credit Suisse. "We already have a strong relationship with RBC Dexia, which is currently the ...

Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
"You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. With four hungry children and crops in the field. I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times, But this time the hurting won't heal. You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille." --Kenny Rogers ...

Aviva UK restructures insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
UK-based Aviva is restructuring its business to bring its life and general insurance businesses closer together to benefit from the company's scale. The new structure means both the life and general insurance businesses in the UK will have a shared ...