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Van Der Wielen heads to UK group Friends Life

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... operations of Friends Provident and the life assurance businesses acquired from Bupa and AXA UK. Van Der Wielen will join the company before the end of the year as managing director international. Joining the group on July 29 last year, Van Der Wielen ...

Development, not cash, job market motivator

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... candidates wish lists. The allure of long-term career development was found to be the most attractive asset a finance services company could offer a potential employee, even ahead of immediate monetary gain, according to Australian finance firms at an ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... rejected a hostile takeover bid by UK-based beverages giant SABMiller plc, saying the $4.90 offer price undervalued the company significantly. Wesfarmers shares rose 36 cents to $30.66 after it reported it had increased full year profit 23 per cent to ...

Super fund to give financial advice with technology

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... administration, allowing the super fund to give rapid, simple advice through mobile, web, phone and printed communications, the company said. Cameron O'Sullivan, director of Provisio Technologies, said future initiatives such as online and mobile self-service ...

Fraud firm masquerades as financial advisors: ASIC alert

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... fraudulent financial advisory firm. ASIC has shut down Frontline Financial Planning's website which posted the Australian company number and Australian financial services licence number of another business as its own, it said. The fake firm should not ...

Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... headlines flashed "Wall Street closed flat?" The explanation Dell shares plunged. Dell share prices dropped 10% because the company lowered its full-year revenue growth outlook to 1%-5% from the previous range of 5%-9%. Implication: The US consumer is ...

Hedge fund forum delivers expert speakers next month

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... Famous speakers include Judith Posnikoff, managing director and founding partner of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO), who will talk about how international developments such as Dodd Frank and the Volcker Rule will profoundly affect ...

Principal Global Investors UK move

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... the opposite and we have strong products in emerging markets and broad based equities." Origin launched Global Smaller Company and Emerging Market Funds and holds approximately $3 billion in assets under management in global and international equities. ...

Perpetual divests to focus on international equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... of their International Share funds (funds) in Ireland and moved across the Atlantic to US firm, Wellington Management Company. A review of the firm's market demand, profitability and alignment to its equities business strategy found it was not meeting ...

Count Financial powers ahead with large profit, juicy dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... the Countplus float, or 6% without. The results are subject to a final audit with annual results due on August 29. The company has declared a fully-franked dividend of 4c per share with the company going ex-dividend on September 23. That brings the yearly ...