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Fiducian on growth path

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Fiducian Portfolio Services has expanded its financial planning network in the past six months with two more acquisitions underway. Within the groups' half-year results to 31 December last year, Fiducian added six new financial advisers to its network ...

Buy a toaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
"Do I feel lucky?" Well do ya, punk?" -Dirty Harry Certainly that punk Queen Qaddafi is not feeling lucky. So is Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman (that other oil producer) -- the Jasmine Revolutionaries are now marching in his Kingdom. Their subjects ...

ASIC bans former Storm adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Former Storm Financial adviser, Stuart Craig Drummond, has been banned from providing financial services for four years following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Drummond was found guilty of making false ...

Countplus float buoys half-year profits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Financial planning group Count Financial has more than doubled its net profit for the half-year to December thanks to the recent float of Countplus, it announced today. Count Financial's net profit after tax (NPAT) grew by 212 per cent on the previous ...

J.P. Morgan wins $1.5bn custody mandate

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
J.P. Morgan Treasury & Securities Services (TSS) is the new custodian and administration provider of corporate super fund City Super. Bryan Gray, head of treasury & securities services sales and client management said the new $1.5 billion mandate further ...

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Bloomberg is increasing its commitment to the Islamic finance market with the launch of a tailored investing platform and a Malaysian benchmark index, answering calls for more sophistication in the market. The Bloomberg Islamic Finance Platform (ISLM) ...

Challenger boutiques and annuities enjoy strong half year

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
Challenger has upgraded its growth targets for its funds management and life sales business after posting record returns this morning. In the group's half yearly 2011 results, Challenger's total assets under management rose 8 per cent to $25.8 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from diverse markets in offshore trading overnight, with all key securities indices higher, as well as precious and industrial metals and oil. On the ASX 24 at 0828 AEDT, the March share price index ...

DKN preps for growth despite profit fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
DKN Financial Group presses on with its expansion strategy despite a fall in its profits in the half year, according to results released this morning. DKN recorded an increase in funds under administration, up 6.5 per cent to $7.9 billion since June  ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
Dip buyers are coming out on top in the current financial market stakes. Perhaps they're even secretly hoping for a repeat of that 1.8 per cent one-day drop in the S&P 500 index late last month - back when Egyptians first tried to prise Pharaoh Mubarak's ...