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New mandate flows increasing but more cash lies in wait

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
Fund mandate appointments have increased to 582 in the year to March recovering to normal levels from the shock of the global financial crisis, latest research from Rainmaker Information shows. The latest edition of Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser has revealed ...

Financial Planners want level playing field on commissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Stockbrokers should be subject to the same rules on conflicted remuneration and commissions as the rest of the financial services industry and not seek special dispensation, financial planners have said. Stockbrokers have reportedly asked to be exempted ...

Mann power strengthens Premium Investors board

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Listed investment company Premium Investors Limited has appointed the former regional head of Colonial First State Global Asset Management's Asian business to their board of directors. Lindsay Mann has more than 36 years of experience in financial services ...

Investors mine social networks for top tradings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Financial spreadbetting firm eToro has incorporated social trading features into its OpenBook software to allow clients to find the top performers on the network and mirror them trade-by-trade. The global firm provides the ability to trade foreign currencies ...

Merged LGsuper fund born today

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Today marks the first official day of LGsuper and City Super as a merged entity. The superannuation funds combined last night to form the third largest super fund in Queensland with $6 billion in funds under management and almost 100,000 members, LGsuper ...

Community housing wants to attract super funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Community housing will be pitched to superannuation funds as an investment at a conference this month as experts say a national housing shortage is driving up rents. Cath Noye from industry fund CBUS will chair a panel discussion on alternative market ...

Strong cash flow doubles Countplus dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Strong cash flow at growing financial services group Countplus has underpinned a maiden dividend which is double that of forecasts, it announced to the stock exchange today. The 4c dividend announcement comes as the group continues its strategy of buying ...

Bank stocks rise on Greek confidence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Share markets rallied today as the Greek parliament passed the first of two austerity packages while violent protests continued against the deeply unpopular reforms. But economists and market commentators have warned that the austerity package and associated ...

Equipsuper clears merger hurdle with Vision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
The merger of Vision Super and Equipsuper will continue after the two funds cleared a major obstacle that delayed the deal to 2012. The merger hit a roadblock on May 25 when trouble arose around the merging of Vision Super's pooled super trust, Equipsuper ...

Former UBS star team launches flagship Bennelong Avoca fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Boutique firm Avoca Investment Management, headed by former UBS star portfolio managers John Campbell and Jeremy Bendeich, today launched its cornerstone equities fund. John Campbell, chief investment officer at Avoca, said the Bennelong Avoca Emerging ...