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Wilson board to reject Mariner offer

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... Mariner shares, implying a value that is half of Wilson Investment Group's net tangible assets per share," said the letter. Major shareholder Deutsche Bank Australia has also indicated that it will not sell its 19.5% stake said Coppin in the letter. ...

AustSafe Super to merge with retirement fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... regional Australia." Alf Cristaudo, chairman of the board at CRF said that currently the super industry is undergoing some major changes which will ultimately make the whole system strong. Unfortunately, he added, as a result the cost of complying with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... were down nine cents, or 11.5 per cent, at 69.5 cents. Whitehaven Coal holds its annual general meeting on Thursday, and major shareholder Nathan Tinkler is expected to oppose the re-election of board members. He has said he wants a change of management ...

Huge opportunity is higher risk recovery stocks: Southeastern

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
A flight to safety brought about ongoing investor uncertainty in the wake of the GFC means that a wealth of well managed, competitively entrenched and soundly financed companies can be bought at a significant discount to their intrinsic value, according ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... since the global financial crisis (GFC). NAB shares were down 25.5 cents, or 0.99 per cent, to $25.625. The other three major banks had a mixed opening. ANZ lost three cents to $25.35, Westpac gained 10 cents to $25.44 and Commonwealth Bank added 12 ...

SMSF members still happiest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... SMSF members. The researcher noted that it is this relatively low satisfaction level of retail and industry funds that is a major contributor to the rapid growth of SMSFs. "Our research shows that the major reason that people are switching to SMSF's ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... paying attractive fully franked dividends," he said. "But we can't rule out the bad debt cycle hitting again which would be a major risk to stock market performance." His comments echo those of ANZ chief executive Mike Smith who warned at last week's ...

Prepare now for MySuper revenue siege: MLC's Doust

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Given that MySuper is a major game-changer in the way corporate super advisers earn a living, Neale Doust head of sales and relationship management at MLC Business Super suggests they invest sufficient time working how they'll survive once the brave ...

Financial advisers raise bar in quest to succeed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The calibre of financial advisers in Australia continues to improve, according to research that draws from 10 years' worth of data on how leading advice practices in the country operate. Yesterday the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) released ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... and Rio Tinto added 70 cents to $57.15. Macquarie Bank was down 25 cents, or 0.81 per cent, to $30.60. However, the four major banks all opened slightly higher. ANZ was three cents up at $25.26, National Australia Bank was nine cents higher at $25.99 ...