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Count: 13 times lucky

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
Countplus has settled its thirteenth acquisition - purchasing a 25 per cent share in Canberra-based advice firm, Achieve Corporation. Achieve, founded by Simon Mitchell in 2003, is a specialist payroll and advice firm and employs 23 people. There are ...

October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
September 2009 bucked the historical norm - that of being the weakest month of the year for stocks - but October started with a bang that scared the thundering herd of bulls. My oh my, just imagine the extrapolations this could engender? Equities sold ...

Aus Ethical overhauls website and PDS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has revamped its product disclosure statement (PDS) and website to cut paper use while still providing adequate information to investors. The new managed funds guide and website includes the fund manager's new branding ...

Fundies struggle to manage costs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
A global investment manager survey has found more than 41 per cent of businesses are operating in the red and around three quarters have no cost reduction strategy. The survey found 41 per cent of the global investment manager industry is operating ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
Admin and investment fees charged by major Australian super funds are on par, if not better, than those charged by similar funds in the US, the UK and Japan - but more can be done to lower overall costs to the average fund member, a global study found. ...

Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has launched an Australian dollar-hedged global listed infrastructure fund, ahead of the predicted US$40 trillion of government and private money to go into infrastructure investments around the world in the next 20 years. The new ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...

Walter Scott tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Walter Scott earns the top gong in the latest S&P review on the international equities growth funds sector. S&P Fund Services yesterday released the first ratings in its international equities sector review, issuing 13 fund ratings in the growth peer ...

CFS integrates advice businesses

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has combined five of the firm's financial planning arms under one umbrella, Colonial First State Advice Business - a move that simplifies the firm's advice structure. The new division includes Commonwealth Financial Planning ...

Future Fund guardian joins Coffey International

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
The former chief executive of Suncorp-Metway and guardian of the Future Fund Management Agency, John Mulcahy, has been appointed non-executive director at global consulting firm, Coffey International. Mulcahy starts work immediately at the ASX listed ...