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PAC merges with eQuant, names Greg Kirk as non-exec

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
Executive search firm Primary Asset Consulting (PAC), which advises and recruits for the wealth, funds and investment banking industries announced that recruitment house eQuant had joined its group of companies earlier this week. Led by industry veteran ...

ASIC recovers $24m for Westpoint victims

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
Westpoint investors in ASIC's class against Glenhurst Corporation will receive their share of $24.5 million recovered to date by the corporate regulator. The Glenhurst settlement, worth $2.5 million, is one of six reached by ASIC on behalf of investors ...

Advisers champion responsible investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Australian financial planners can learn from their UK counterparts on socially responsible investing - as British planners, not pension funds, lead the way in ESG issues, according to an expert. Alexis Krajeski, associate director governance & sustainable ...

Praemium SMARTwrap signs AFS

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
Technology provider Praemium announced in a statement to the ASX today that its SMARTwrap platform has won its first approval from a national dealer group - Australian Financial Services group (AFS), barely a month after launching. Based on Praemium's ...

Receivers appointed to Willmott Forests

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The fate of around 8,000 investors' $400 million investments in MIS scheme provider Willmott Forests remains up in the air, as the firm's financiers - CBA and St.George - yesterday appointed receivers to the company. Bryan Webster, Mark Korda and Mark ...

Australians up on luck, down on savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
A new report adds to mounting research that many Australians are ill-prepared for retirement with only one in 10 likely to have enough money to maintain their lifestyle once they quit the rat race. The Investment Trends September 2009 Retirement Income ...

Former planner taps need for online education

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
A former Securitor financial planner has started a new online financial planning educational website service that - barely three months since going live with their new Financial Knowledge Centre - has already caught the interest of various dealer groups ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Proposed trustee governance reforms will fix many of the regulatory gaps in the system, but Cooper Review panelist Sandy Grant questions adopting 'listed company' type governance measures, such as mandatory pay disclosure, just for the sake of having ...

Fidelity's Bolton eyes small to mid-size China stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
One of Fidelity's investment stalwarts, Anthony Bolton, believes in the potential of the Chinese stockmarket so much he moved to Hong Kong three months ago, and predicts small to mid-size stocks in the region show the best promise. The president of ...

Macq taps planner needs for mortgages

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Macquarie Bank has launched a range of home loan products to cater for financial planners who want to expand their mortgage-related services. Macquarie Bank Mortgage Solutions' flagship product, Optimum Package, includes a number of options such as ...