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COIN buys remaining half stake in Outplan

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
Financial planning software group COIN boosts its paraplanning services to advisers after acquiring the remaining 50 per cent of paraplanning specialist Outplan Pty Ltd. COIN acquired 50 per cent of Outplan in 2007 after which the brands worked towards ...

Patron signs IOOF Pursuit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
Patron Financial Advice has renewed its contract with IOOF's Pursuit platform. Patron chose to renew the deal with IOOF due to the platform provider's transparent administration fee structure, it said in a statement. "Pursuit's pricing structure, in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
The Australian share market was marginally stronger at noon, with mining stocks leading the gains on the back of higher metals prices overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 9.1 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 4,678.9 points ...

RBS develops ESG strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) joins the growing number of stockbroking and investment houses keen to develop a numerical strategy that can be used to better qualify an investment decision based on a company's ESG policies. Dr Alva De Voy, an equity strategist ...

ASIC targets MIS operators

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
MIS operators Frederick Leslie Hansen and William John Meywes from Global Rule have come under ASIC fire for managing an unregistered managed investment scheme. ASIC has obtained interim orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland in relation to Global ...

Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
The time is ripe for super funds trustees and boards to re-assess the competence and skills of their consultants when it comes to socially responsible investing strategies given the breadth and depth of the sector today, said an expert. Matthew Kiernan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed higher but oil and metals prices fell. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 19 points higher at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market was weaker at noon after a poor performance on global markets overnight and a lift in the domestic unemployment rate. The market also took a dim view of weak profit results from Telstra and Qantas. At 1211 AEST, the benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
Australian stocks were lower at noon, extending losses from the open in quiet conditions with big institutional players mostly staying on the sidelines. At 1206 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 27.6 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,567.3 points ...

Macq fills gap in mid-tier planning consultancy

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Macquarie Practice Consulting is finding more mid-tier planners are seeking advice on how to value their business at a time when the industry is caught in an environment that is switching from the traditional commissions-based model to fee-for-service. ...