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AFS to focus on independent market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
Independent dealer group, Australian Financial Services Group, has declined three alliance and merger offers from fellow planning groups as it renews its focus with new products and restructure, including a new MDA facility. The Australian Financial ...

Planning software's big five rated

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
The Investment Trends 2011 Planner Technology Report, which surveyed over 1,396 financial planners in July this year, found an overall improvement in satisfaction with planning software with 52% rating their software 'good' or 'very good'. Financial ...

ASIC warns CFOs after Westpoint sentencing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission reminded the industry of its legal responsibilities after former Westpoint chief financial officer Graeme Rundle received an 18-month suspended sentence. Rundle, found guilty of two counts of making ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
US stocks plunged on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding more than 300 points, as global stock markets were stung by fresh anxiety in the eurozone over Greece's bailout. The Dow fell 303.68 points (2.69 per cent) to close at 10,992.13. ...

Super funds want a cost-benefit analysis on disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds want a cost-benefit analysis done on the merits of disclosing their investments in response to a new push by the corporate regulator for greater transparency in the industry. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
When the going gets tough, the Fed gets going. Ok, ok. I was wrong - no need to throw it back at my face. I expected the US Federal Reserve to provide a circuit breaker in the form of a third QE. I was wrong! Big Ben did this small Ben one better. B-I-N-G-O! ...

AMP/AXA's Integra moves to MLC's Garvan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Integra Financial Services has changed licensees, swapping AMP/AXA for MLC, citing a better business model as the driving force behind their decision. Integra has joined MLC owned dealer group, Garvan Financial Planning after 14 years with dealer group ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
So now equity investors have finally taken notice of earnings. "Wall Street up on profits, Apple surges late," beamed Reuters' headline. Oh yes, Virginia, Wall Street was not only up - it was up big time. Both the Dow and the S&P500 gained 1.6% overnight ...

SMSF industry responsibility

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Forget industry funds, it's the looming self-managed super funds dilemma that needs attention, according to a speaker at the 17th Annual Rainmaker Sales and Marketing Symposium today. Marianne Perkovic, general manager at Colonial First State spoke ...

Strong cash flow doubles Countplus dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Strong cash flow at growing financial services group Countplus has underpinned a maiden dividend which is double that of forecasts, it announced to the stock exchange today. The 4c dividend announcement comes as the group continues its strategy of buying ...