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Adviser search leads to AFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Financial advisers searching for independence and a better equity deal in the business are switching dealer groups to Australian Financial Services, according to Peter Daly, chief executive and managing director at the dealer group. Daly said the group's ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
See what a long weekend can do to Wall Street's mood? Or is it because Wall Street operators have all gotten some on Valentine's Day that they're still basking in its afterglow? I just wish it were that easy. But no! Just when we thought it couldn't ...

Wheels rolling away from commission

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... month and can choose from nine investment options, including the capital guaranteed option AMP Cash Plus. They can also switch between investment options at any time, with no switching fees.

Supercorp software adds 2,000 users

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Supercorp Technology's self managed super fund (SMSF) administration software is being used to process more than 2,000 SMSFs just four months after the solution was launched. The firm's software, superMate, was launched in October last year as the next ...

Fund managers on tax alert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Fund managers could lose major clients or risk paying hefty fines if they don't comply with new tax rules which come into effect from July this year, according to one technology firm. According to Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Taxation of Financial Arrangements ...

Artemis to switch from Fortis to AMG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) has sealed a deal to buy Artemis Investment Management, one of the leading fund managers in the UK, from its previous owner, Fortis Bank. Under the deal, AMG will own a majority stake in the firm but Artemis' management ...

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... over this time. But according to the IGR, responding to these pressures requires not just a cost-cutting approach but a switch to finding more value for each dollar of government revenue spent and driving the economy to being more productive so each ...

Kosmos wins $50m from Maritime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
The $3 billion Maritime Super has appointed a $50 million Aussie equities mandate with boutique fund manager Kosmos Asset Management. Peter Robertson, chief executive of Maritime Super, said the fund was in the process of transferring the $50 million ...

Shadow shop reveals service gap among planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... 45 and 60 years of age who were two to 20 years away from retirement and were actively seeking an adviser or looking to switch. Shadow shoppers held more than $150,000 in investable assets or over $150,000 in superannuation. Andrew Whiley, national manager ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
It cannot be denied that risk assets trounced defensive ones in 2009 - and by a long shot - as investor optimism surrounding the global recovery gathered pace. But as 2009 became 2010, investors seemed not too sure. Suddenly investors are not so sure ...