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Read more »The Australian share market fell more than one per cent in morning trade, following losses in Wall Street on poor jobs data.
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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is again calling for Treasury to restrict the term 'financial adviser' amid a barrage of negative media reports on the sector.
Read more »First Super is positioning itself to buy embattled Timbercorp's forestry assets - proving to its members and the timber industry the influence of a super fund doing its bid to prop up the sector and capitalise on investment opportunities.
Read more »Westscheme is intensely scrutinising the fates of the mandates within its $630 million Aussie equities portfolio, which is currently divided between Barclays Global Investors ($380 million) and BlackRock ($250 million).
Read more »The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed David Goffage as head of equity capital markets Australia, and reshuffled its Australian equities team.
Read more »Countplus has bought a 25 per cent stake in St Leonards-based MBT Accounting Services - marking the first purchase of a Sydney-based firm.
Read more »Super funds could start negotiating refunds from poor performing hedge funds after one of the largest US based pension funds arranged the ability to claw back fees if its hedge fund managers made losses.
Read more »Super funds could do more than rely on their custodians to manage their investment data, with one tech firm highlighting the benefits of taking the job in-house, ahead of APRA's more extensive data collection later this year.
Read more »Lonsec awarded three Ashton Advisers-Paulson & Co funds a 'recommended' rating.
Read more »Rising levels of alternative assets has exacerbated concerns over valuation policies for unlisted assets, according to APRA's latest Insight report.
Read more »Stop! Take a deep breath. Now count to ten. There is no need to hit the SELL button.
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