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ICI chief blasts US transaction tax legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
US Investment Company Institute (ICI) chief executive, Paul Schott Stevens, has blasted proposals for a transactions tax saying it's bad policy that will cost investors dearly. "A financial transaction tax is bad policy that substantially reduces the ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
TAL has been named the Plan For Life (PFL)/Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) 2012 Life Company of the Year for the second year in a row. As well as winning the overall Platinum Award, TAL also took away the Term/TPD Product Award and was a finalist ...

EQT appoints former Invesco state mgr

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Listed financial services company Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) announced today the appointment of Ron Grima as Queensland key account manager. Grima will be responsible for maintaining and developing relationships with Queensland-based advisers and ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... higher. This, in turn, creates a wealth effect, boosting consumer confidence encouraging consumers to spend more lifting company profits that lift business confidence encouraging firms to increase investment in plants and equipment and staff. This leads ...

ClearView appoints heads of direct and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... leadership capability to make ClearView's Direct business a success," ClearView managing director Simon Swanson said. The company has also appointed Mike Pope as head of ClearView Financial Advice in order to ensure support for employed, franchised and ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... a billion off her net worth. Glencore's Ivan Glasenberg was the next highest-ranked Australian and 175th overall. The company's takeover bid for Xstrata has contributed materially to his net worth. James Packer is just behind in 198 th place overall ...

Debt free and dividend rich: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... Services has posted consolidated profit after tax for the half-year to December of $1.69 million, in a period that saw the company wrap up its two-year long system upgrade and acquisitions. This morning the listed company released its half year results ...

Former Lonsec MD pleads guilty to insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... director of Lonsec and, according to the ASIC, he possessed inside information about Clean Seas Tuna. He knew that the company had suffered a financial loss of more than $10 million in the December 2009 half year period with the loss to be announced ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... its sequester bill. IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said 13 stocks were going ex dividend, including the largest company on the Australian market, BHP Billiton, sending the market lower. Stocks usually drop in price by the amount of the dividend. ...

Homegrown manager bags global award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, capital management initiatives, index changes, equity capital arbitrage or holding company arbitrage.