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Financial planning

Countplus has acquired a 25 per cent stake in South Australian professional services firm Hood Sweeney....

Superannuation

A service providing convenient share registry data access for SMSF administrators has been announced by BGL Corporate Solutions and Computershare Investor Services Austra...

Financial planning

SMSF software provider BGL Corporate Solutions has teamed up with Computershare to provide a share registry data service....

Editorial

With every investment management firm claiming it is different from its competitors, Allan Gray asks what it means to be contrarian....

Financial planning

CEO bonuses fell significantly in 2011, reflecting a more mature conversation between company boards and their shareholders, an ASCI study shows....

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has indicated that if a share order is executed in two 'parcels' due to market conditions it will still be treated as a single acquir...

Superannuation

Where an SMSF has bought property, the break-up of assets may be problematic during a divorce, explains Michael Hallinan....

Editorial

Australian Ethical has reported a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $402,000 for the 2011-12 financial year, down 64 per cent on the previous result....

Funds management

Using a negative investment screen to preclude investments in companies employing non-responsible investment practices should not impede returns over the long term....

Editorial

SFG Australia has reported positive earnings and revenue growth in a financial year that followed the effective merger of Shadforth Financial Group Holdings and Snowball ...

Financial planning

IOOF has passed the halfway mark in its planned acquisition of Plan B, whose board has urged remaining shareholders to accept IOOF's current offer....

Financial planning

Financial services specialist technology provider GBST Holdings has undertaken a restructuring which it says reflects its global growth....

Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has released its superannuation governance policy, which enforces an independent chair and majority independent directors for trustees who ...

Editorial

Countplus has reported a net profit after tax of $11.31 million for the 2011-12 financial year - down 12.2 per cent on the previous period....

Editorial

Bell Financial Group has announced a net loss after tax of $1.83 million for the six months to 30 June 2012....

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