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Countplus appoints CEO, rejigs board

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... acquisition," chairman Barry Lambert said. "However, the directors are strongly of the view that in the longer term this will be in CUP's best interest." The direct equity plan will allow key Countplus team members and directors to acquire an equity ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days before Vlad left for China. On 5 November - a day after the Melbourne Cup and one day before the ECB policy decision - the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) announced the end of its currency intervention ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... Australian share market is slightly higher following soft leads from overseas markets and as the nation prepares to mark Melbourne Cup day. US stocks finished flat due to mixed economic data while European equities pulled back overnight. The risk-off ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... It's that time of the year again folks, the first Tuesday of November, when the "Race that Stops the Nation' - the Melbourne Cup - meets with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision. I have lived in Australia (and Melbourne, at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower in a likely quiet day of trade on Melbourne Cup day and following poor performances on international markets. At 0845 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points ...

Countplus CEO to depart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... ensure Countplus has a bright future ahead of it and I will leave knowing that this will complete the next vital stage in CUP's evolution. I look forward to assisting in the transition to a new CEO in the new year."

PROFILE: netwealth head of advice Simon Micallef

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... worldA game, he admits to Laura Millan that Australia will get its financial services right first, before it wins the World Cup. The son of a Maltese family that immigrated to Australia after World War II, Micallef was attracted to financial planning ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... analogy may make this easier understood: "Securing the recovery is like making it through the qualifying rounds of the World Cup. That is an achievement, not the ultimate goal." "The real tournament is just beginning and its prize is a strong, sustained ...

Professor proposes cheap longevity insurance design

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
A Canadian finance professor has come up with a way of making lifetime annuities affordable by designing them so they only pay out if the market does badly. According to Moshe A. Milevsky of York University, Toronto, while lifetime and deferred lifetime ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
"There's a reason for the sunshinin' sky There's a reason why I'm feeling so high Must be the season when that love light shines all around us..." - Bellamy Brothers Quite fitting don't you think? Equity markets everywhere felt the 'love' on the week ...