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ACCC gives CBA Count acquisition the go-ahead

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
Shareholders at Count Financial Limited will meet in Sydney next week to discuss the schemes of arrangement required for Commonwealth Bank's takeover of the firm. This follows yesterday's decision from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 16 AAP - The Australian dollar was slightly higher as the increased cost of borrowing for European governments weighed on market sentiment. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 101.93 US cents, up from 101.81 cents ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
A couple looking to achieve a comfortable retirement will need to spend $55,316 a year, while those seeking a 'modest' retirement lifestyle need to spend $31,767 a year, according to new figures released today for the ASFA Retirement Standard. The updated ...

Global ETPs hits $1.58 trillion

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Investor desire for exchange-traded products continued in global markets as sentiment moved towards higher risk and higher yielding asset classes during October. The impact of Europe's debt crisis and solid Q3 2011 earnings for United States corporations ...

Carbon-tilted indices planned for Aust

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Australia will receive new carbon-tilted indices early next year which use an overweighting/underweighting strategy based on exposure to climate change risk as used in UK markets. David Harris, director of Responsible Investment, FTSE Group, told Financial ...

Snowball acquires HNW wealth manager

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
Snowball has acquired a Melbourne based wealth management firm which specialises in providing family office services to high net worth clients. Jeena was established in 1991 by Pranlal Jeena and services a number of client families, managing approximately ...

Regulators chase social media

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
The global investment world's use of social media has outpaced the regulators with a new research paper detailing the current state of this market and the required actions from advisers, dealer groups and investment managers to successfully navigate ...

Former BlackRock head joins UniSuper

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
Former head of fundamental Australian equities for BlackRock, Mark Himpoo, has joined UniSuper as a senior manager of equities as the super fund continues its in-house investment strategy. With a long career in Australian equities, Himpoo was with BlackRock ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 10 AAP - The Australian share market is set to open sharply lower on Thursday as world markets plunge due to delays in Europe's moves to stem its debt crisis. At 0714 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Illiquid assets boost returns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Illiquid investments are favoured by not-for-profit funds with strong cash flows and when such assets are managed properly they result in higher investment returns, reveals new research from superannuation regulator APRA. In a research paper released ...