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VC funds outperform, punch above their weight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Venture capital accounts for only a tiny portion of Australia's investment market but contributes well above its weight to the economy, according to a report just released by the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. The report ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Nothing beats a three-day long weekend break to put things back into perspective it seems. Wall Streeters returned from the "Memorial Day" holiday with a bounce in their steps sending America's benchmark indices on a rebound. The Dow closed 0.7% up ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The House of Representatives has passed the Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013 with amendments to enshrine the terms 'financial adviser' and 'financial planner' in law. Currently under the C orporations Act ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The Australian share market is set for a relatively flat start despite Wall Street's rise to a new record high. Strong gains in US home prices and consumer confidence pushed the the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 15,409.39, its highest ever level. ...

Deposits from adviser market boost ME Bank deposits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Deposits from the adviser market have contributed to significant growth in customer deposits with ME Bank. The bank has tripled its deposit book to about $7 billion over the last three years to April 2013. ME Bank general manager network sales and relationships ...

BNP Paribas opens global equity trust to Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has opened the Carnegie WorldWide Equity Trust to Australian wholesale investors. Carnegie Asset Management describes their investment style as trend based stock picking, an approach that enables them to identify and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Australian shares are a little weaker as the market follows Wall street into negative territory. Still, IG market strategist Chris Weston said, the futures market had been expecting an even worse session in the US, where the broad-based S&P 500 finished ...

Pressure on benchmark affects managers performance: Cuffe

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
The pressure on fund managers to outperform benchmarks in the short term could be preventing them from achieving high returns, UniSuper chairman and founding director of Third Link Investment Managers Chris Cuffe said. "It is hard to get alpha and I ...

AUI investors approve property fund merger

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Investors in Australian Unity Investments' (AUI) Second Industrial Trust (SIT) have voted in favour of a merge with AUI's Office Property Fund (OPF) at a meeting of investors in Melbourne. The proposal, which had the support of 89.8% of voters, will ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Australian stocks are lower at noon, with all the major sectors falling amid broad-based selling. The local market opened lower as investors took their cues from a weak finish on Wall Street after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the ...