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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... to $22.99. Shaw Stockbroking senior dealer Jamie Spiteri said some of the financial stocks had suffered from the recent focus being on resources stocks. "I think there has been a bit more added attention given towards the resources in recent times," ...

Mercer stress tests retirement

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... them understand how much income they will have in retirement - and how long it will last. Unlike other calculators that focus only on superannuation account balance, the Mercer Retirement Income Simulator emphasises the importance of an adequate and ...

Count chooses Outplan for paraplanning

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... areas of the advice process has become an attractive proposition for some practices. "During a time when there is a strong focus on the efficiency of providing advice, the potential introduction of regulatory change and also turbulent markets to deal ...

Crafter resigns as ARIA CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... said ARIA chairman, Tony Hyams, in the statement. "Since May 2008, his leadership skill, strategic vision and disciplined focus on members' investment needs have guided ARIA through a period of substantial change and market volatility. "He leaves ARIA ...

T. Rowe Price hires adviser BDM

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
T. Rowe Price has appointed former BT Investment Management and Skandia business development manager, Dale Woods, to a similar role focusing on adviser distribution. Woods spent three years at BT Investment Management as a senior account manager working ...

ING Aussie eq fund gets three stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services assigns a three-star rating to the newly-launched ING Alpha Plus Australian Equity Fund. The fund is a long-only active manager that uses fundamental stock selection to construct a high-conviction portfolio. "Though the ...

Brakes on new hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... added to the 'recommended' list. "The distribution of ratings in the 2010 review has a distinct positive skew due to our focus on reviewing a selective list of high quality offerings, rather than just rating a large number of products," said Ngin. Australian ...

UBS GAM renews NAB custody deal

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... said the firm has focused on its retail unit registry and unit pricing capabilities. "For UBS GAM, this has allowed them to focus on its core business of asset management," said Hele.

Planners risk buying bad businesses

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... financial planners looking to put their firms on the auction block - but planning groups that do buy risk failure as many do not focus enough on their acquisition's investment returns, according to AXA. Speaking at an AFA national roadshow last month ...

No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity International, does not expect the world economy to experience a double dip recession but is positioning investment portfolios for lower global growth. Taylor said the chance of a global double dip ...