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CHAMP buys Centric Wealth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... quality specialist advice to high net worth individuals, to continue to attract leading advisors and to maintain independence from institutional ownership." "Centric Wealth has one of the lowest number of clients per advisor in the Australian financial ...

Paragem tips scales for small planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Small-size planning groups keen to cut their licensing and admin costs without sacrificing their independence and quality of service are driving the demand for the 'shared services' model, said Paragem's managing director Ian Knox. Knox said some planning ...

Local super funds welcome Obama admin move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... "They have continued to have a lag in performance in regards to disclosure and executive renumeration and the genuine independence of their boards." Financial services governance is certainly 'front of mind' for leading investment executives and pension ...

TSG adds 11 to portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... June 2008. The firm did not disclose any earnings amount. TSG chief executive Mark Euvrard flagged the dealership's independence of institutional ties and alignment of its business framework to support its advisers as the basis for continuing enquiries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... see the banking sector down heavily. "We didn't have a lead from the US market as it was closed on Friday for the Independence Day public holiday and the European market was pretty wishy-washy, so there was no positive lead coming from anywhere." Mr ...

US pension fund to settle suit for $930m

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... governance changes, including a process for election of a shareowner-nominated director, enhanced standards for director independence and a mandated holding period for option shares acquired by executives. Peter Mixon, general counsel of CalPERS said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... fell 6.08 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 2,245.38. US markets will be closed on Friday due to the public holiday for Independence Day. LONDON - UK stocks ended up almost 1 per cent during an extremely volatile trading session, as data led stocks on a rollercoaster ...

Big lift in company corporate governance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... Australia's largest publicly listed companies meet most best practice guidelines for corporate governance even though full independence remains a major challenge. "Overall the corporate governance structures for the top 20 companies by market capitalisation ...

Industry responds to APRA report

... of the retail funds may diminish investment returns while the representative trustee system - with its emphasis on independence, diversity of trustee directors and their mission to deliver all profits back to members - is paying off," said Fiona Reynolds ...

TSG expands dealer group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... and grow their businesses in a compliant environment," he said. Mark Euvrard, TSG chief executive, said the group's independence and flexible framework was gaining interest and momentum. "The TSG support team works closely with our advisers to design ...