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New Count chief talks products

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... exploring are para planning, technical support and business management." With Count being the only financial planning firm of focus for CBA, Lane agreed that part of the firm's appeal was its access to the $450 billion self-managed super fund (SMSF) ...

Reinsurance talent runs dry

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... reinsurance industry is running low on job candidates, particularly analysts and actuaries, resulting in companies turning their focus offshore to other markets. While reinsurance employees are comparatively loyal to their firms, analyst and actuary ...

Advance Asset awards mandate to property group

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Advance Asset Management has awarded a mandate for an undisclosed sum to Phoenix Portfolios, partly-owned by ASX-listed Cromwell Property Group, to manage its Advance Property Securities Multi-Blend Fund. Advance said it selected the manager for the ...

AUI winds up High Yield Mortgage Trust

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... payments are expected to be made every six months until late 2014, said AUI. Meanwhile the firm also said it would continue to focus on growing its more conservative Mortgage Income Trust. "The Mortgage Income Trust remains an important part of the investment ...

UBS: Stocks gaining momentum

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... discussed the cyclical developments of the local economy in a roundtable this morning with consumer and domestic stocks of focus. "What we are saying to our equity investors is don't be too underweight in the consumer and domestic stocks in this market," ...

Women in Super scholarship winner announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... Templeton & AGEST Super, Powell will attend the AIST Global Dialogue in May held in the UK. The 2012 Global Dialogue will focus on investment and governance issues concerning the volatile European market. "The Global Dialogue will provide me with a greater ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... then we've recouped some of that fall which just shows how the market is shrugging off any domestic news and keeping the focus on Europe." At 1208 on Thursday the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.8 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,279.7, while the ...

Euro debt crisis has silver lining for advisers: PIMCO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... portfolio allocations will be challenged. When asked by one adviser in the briefing which interest strategies should adviser focus on in their outlook, Fisher said one of the features investors should expect is a rise in policy errors and market accidents. ...

AIA Australia launches life product upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Life insurance provider AIA Australia has upgraded its priority protection product to include severe diabetes as a crisis event under its benefits listings in response to skyrocketing cases in the Australian population. It is reported that some 275 ...

AFS acquires QLD planning practice

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... Group announced that it had declined three alliance and merger offers from fellow planning groups, instead renewing its focus with new products and restructure. Daly told Financial Standard at the time that talk of acquisitions was becoming more prevalent ...