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Westpac and BTFG group get MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
Westpac and BT Financial Group has become only the third retail conglomerate superannuation provider to gain MySuper authorisation. The wealth group has been approved to offer three MySuper products that will be used across its ASGARD, BTFG and Westpac ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Australian shares are weaker as an Australian dollar trading below 92.50 US cents encourages overseas investors to sell banking and resource stocks. Local shares are subdued, following a two per cent-plus plunge on Thursday, following the US Federal ...

UK RDR yet to change adviser charging models

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The UK Retail Distribution Review was launched with much fanfare end last year, but it seems to have had only minor material impact on adviser remuneration methods. A survey of the post-RDR impact released by the Action Consulting Goup (ACG) revealed ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Nebraska. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the global conglomerate, said that the decision by both Bush and Obama's administrations to follow aggressive quantitative easing programs had ...

China trip provides first-hand insights

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
While China's economic power is undisputed, misconceptions are still prevalent when it comes to investments, said Premium China Funds Management. The reality on the ground has improved dramatically since China opened up to foreign investment, said Jonathan ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon's Management Committee. Rush said the largest of these was Honeywell, an American conglomerate with a significant Aerospace & Defense arm. If the Greens' Bill is successful the future fund has warned that it will have ...

Avenue joins Lonsdale

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Adviser group Avenue Capital Management will join IOOF's Lonsdale Financial group, cementing the conglomerate's place well inside the industry's top 10. The agreement to join Lonsdale adds 30 adviser to their stable, bringing their combined numbers ...

BT Ethical divests last News Corp share

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, BT Ethical has confirmed it has sold the final tranche of its shares in the media conglomerate, which remains mired in charges of phone hacking. "I can confirm that we have now sold the last tranche so we have no more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... canceled. Assets that tend to hold their value in a weak economy, like US government debt and gold, rose. Manufacturing conglomerate 3M cut its 2011 earnings forecast, and US Steel warned that demand for its products could slow. Netflix Inc plunged 35 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... huge California pension funds say they will vote against the re-election of Rupert Murdoch to the board of his media conglomerate News Corporation this week. NewsCorp shares were 21 cents, or 1.25 per cent, lower, at $16.55. Telstra shares were more ...