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Dunn loses bonus shares

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
AMP chief executive officer Craig Dunn has been forced to forfeit 777,778 shares, after the company's share price fell from $6.50 in 2010, to the current price of $4.04. The 777, 778 shares - worth approximately $3.2 million - were granted in 2010 ...

Brierley bids for wound-down scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
A corporate raider has made a bid for Adelaide Managed Funds Asset Banked Yield Trust, a managed investment scheme in wind-down mode. Mercantile Investments is offering 5.5 cents per share in the fund - for the 87% of units that it does not already ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Another day, another blah to keep risk takers happy. Yes Virginia, in keeping up with our Olympics theme, it's turning out to be a blah relay. This time, Eric S. Rosengren -- president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - is running with the blah ...

UK adviser offered 50% PI discounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
UK wealth intermediary group Tenet has introduced a 50% discount on the cost of professional indemnity (PI) insurance for advisers promoting risk-rated multi-asset funds. Tenet, a large fee for service intermediary support services group that works ...

MFOs take growth from banks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Boutique multi-family offices are outgrowing bank-affiliated organisations worldwide, according to a Bloomberg Markets study. Of the top 10 fastest-growing firms ranked, only HSBC Private Wealth Solutions was part of a big bank with the other nine on ...

Tyndall seeks opportunity in loan market restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Super funds should seize the opportunity to become a pool of capital sitting alongside banks in the private debt market, according to Tyndall AM. Tim Martin, Tyndall's head of alternative assets said the re-development of loan markets is a global theme ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Financial markets have again become Eurocentric - bobbing up and down on every blah that comes out of anybody who's somebody's lips. I don't think anybody could argue that Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is somebody. Thus, when he blahed to Germany's ...

BT Wrap adds Legg Mason real income fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
The BT Wrap platform has added the Legg Mason Australian Real Income Fund on the back of increased adviser demand for income options. "The Legg Mason Australian Real Income Fund is designed to provide an income solution for investors wanting more than ...

Cash for investment not just liquidity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
The increasing popularity of term deposits among SMSF trustees indicates a broader shift in attitude from viewing cash in terms of liquidity to viewing it as an investment, according to RaboDirect. Recent research conducted by the online bank revealed ...

Long-volatility a loss-maker: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
The key to a successful volatility strategy is active management as long-only positions can lead to losses, said a recently released paper by van Eyk. van Eyk's research tested a number of different investment portfolios, which combined varying amounts ...