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Practice owners demand cultural fit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... advice rather than just the right price when selling their business. The survey revealed that although the right price is a major factor, 78 per cent of respondents said a cultural fit was vital and 33 per cent of those surveyed said the ease of the ...

Van Eyk most popular ratings agency: Rainmaker

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... of planners, there are nonetheless 32 research ratings firms operating in the market. "But despite the dominance of the major player, managers can strategically target sections of the adviser market by first tactically and selectively targeting rating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... market is expected to open marginally higher today after the return of volatility on Wall Street overnight, with all three major US indices see-sawing their way to positive closes. At 0748 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September share price index ...

What property bust?

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... "There will be some companies that will go broke. It's definitely possible because there are already some players that have major problems with the banks like Rubicon and Centro. "But they are not going to derail the sector because they are only a small ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (11 - 15 Aug 2008) Key growth and inflation statistics from the major world economies will compete with the 29th Olympiad in Beijing in holding market attention this week. Australia: The week starts off with the release of ...

Impact Investing global yet local

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... said this is why they intend rolling out the system globally as part of their Aladdin platform that already reaches 100 major institutional clients and helps manage US$1.4 trillion in assets. To protect the culture and philosophy that created Impact ...

Returns stats should show impact of advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... market segments that does not reflect returns achieved by specific funds or investment options. The report noted that a major issue in the current ROA methodology is that it does not appropriately account for funds with different fee structures due to ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... gathering speculation that the Reserve Bank of Australia is poised to cut interest rates as early as September. There was no major economic data out of the US last night but Wall Street closed higher helped by another fall in crude oil. The oil price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... index added 4.31, or 0.34 per cent, to 1,289.19, and the NASDAQ rose 28.54, or 1.21 per cent, to 2,378.37. LONDON - Europe's major bourses extended their rally, posting fresh gains thanks to positive trading in banking and mining shares. In London, the ...

AMG set to ramp Aust business

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
American asset manager Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) is ramping up its business acquisitions and Australian managers may soon be on their target list. Diversified asset manager AMG, which has approximately $274 billion in funds under management, recently ...