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CFS slashes entry bar to wholesale platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Colonial First State has launched an aggressive bid for market share by opening Australia's biggest wholesale investment platform to small investors, positioning itself for a future commission-free superannuation market. Colonial, a subsidiary of the ...

ANZ nabs Paul Barrett from CFS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Paul Barrett, the former general manager in advice at Colonial First State (CFS) joins ANZ Wealth as general manager in advice and distribution. Barrett, who will start in the new role in April, will be responsible for all ANZ's financial planner and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... offshore markets on Friday were not enough to prevent big moves in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. "They're very big and quite aggressive moves for them after they've already had a bit of a pullback of late," Ms Spencer said. At 1200 AEDT, BHP Billiton lost ...

DKN preps for growth despite profit fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... chief executive of DKN. "We want to add about another eight firms over this calendar year under Lonsdale. It is not an aggressive strategy as we are looking for quality, not quantity." Butterworth said the group would also use its capital to invest in ...

Virgin Money launches direct life insurance product

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... insurance product will resonate with Australians and drive further growth in the market." The initiative reinforces TOWER's aggressive strategy to become one of Australia's leading insurers following its ownership change and a spate of significant wins ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... consensus on China's growth. "We continue to caution against the fact that most economies when they gone through the aggressive fixed investment type of approach that China has had, have a hard landing." "The Chinese are pretty clearly trying to slow ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
I'm sure I've seen this movie before. Most of you have too. It was shown on monitors near you at about this time last year. Yes, my dear Virginia, the film, "The Fed and other developed country central banks will start withdrawing policy - possibly ...

Investors miss wealth signposts

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... more residential property, which the client will probably already have much of their wealth tied up in, and not overly aggressive. "Gearing is not for everyone and should be considered carefully," said Philpot.

Continuum returns 12.4pc

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... still some shining lights in 2010, a new survey by Mercer has found. One such light is Continuum Capital Partners 'aggressive strategy'. The strategy delivered an impressive 12.4 per cent return in the three months to December 31, 2010, ahead of all ...

Shadforth unveils acquisition strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
Shadforth Financial Group will pursue planning firm acquisitions and grow its funds under advice by ten per cent next year. Shadforth, currently with $7.5 billion in funds under advice and 120 advisers, is adopting a three-stage process to generate ...