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Industry bodies welcome Code of Conduct update

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have welcomed the release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) guidance on the regulatory code of conduct. After the release of the guidance ...

GSAM offers EM debt to retail

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Goldman Sachs Asset Management announced today the launch of the Growth and Emerging Markets Debt Local Fund. The new product seeks to achieve income and capital growth in the long term by investing in bonds issued by emerging market countries, in their ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Bank of Japan's shift to a pro-business policy is a landmark decision, according to Nikko AM, which believes that the world's third largest economy is finally ready to deliver after two decades of sub-standard returns. Japanese equities have delivered ...

Funds delivering 12.5% for past 12 months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
Super fund returns continued their recovery during January 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbed again to now be on a 34-month high of 12.5%. This is a 12 percentage point jump in seven months. As in June last year, returns ...

Austpac launches mortgage income fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Austpac Group has launched a mortgage income fund where investors can choose the loan to which they wish to be exposed. Austpac Group is a diversified, privately-owned, property-based management group that was founded in 2009 by Bill Boerkamp in association ...

Strong result for AIA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Life insurer AIA Group Limited has delivered record value of new business of $1.19 billion for the year ended 30 November 2012, across the 16 markets it operates in Asia-Pacific. "AIA Australia continues to support AIA Group's strong results and record ...

AFA outlines stance on conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has prepared a document, due for public release shortly, expressing its concerns over the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) consultation paper on conflicted remuneration. The AFA already ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Australian share market continued to rise in morning trade after a strong session on Wall Street and the release of mostly encouraging earnings reports locally. At 1203 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31.1 points, or 0.62 ...

Valuation drop for WHK if merger falls through: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
WHK Group investors run the risk of seeing their shares fall by as much as 13% if the proposed merger with SFG doesn't go ahead, according to analyst research. On Monday SFG Australia said that it had presented WHK Group's board with a non-biding proposal ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened almost 1.5 per cent weaker as former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's strong electoral showing sparked fears of eurozone instability. At 1026 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 75.1 ...