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Ashton launches Gold Share Class

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
The Ashton Group has launched a Gold Share Class for the Ashton Select Fund and Ashton Performance Fund. Ashton's Gold Share Class enables investors to elect gold as a 'currency' in which to denominate their investment. "Gold has appreciated significantly ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... Mechanism (ESM). However, MarketWatch reports that the Germans are against this combo. There's rumour that the European Central Bank (ECB) will announce an interest rate cut tonight and that it is only the size of the reduction that is being determined. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... 4,300. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases labour force data for November. Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to deliver the Inaugural Warren Hogan Memorial Lecture in Sydney. In equities ...

Investec appoints new head asset finance ad leasing

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... across Australian and New Zealand. He has also held roles as general manager of structured asset finance for Commonwealth Bank in Sydney and London. Investec head of capital markets, Milton Samios, said the Asset Finance and Leasing market in Australia ...

BT aligned advice boutique appoints new chief

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Former Commonwealth Bank and Westpac executive Steve Watts has been appointed to the newly created chief executive role at Queensland advice boutique MQ Financial Services. MQ operates under the Magnitude Dealer Group license, which is part of BT Financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... per cent, or 237.46 points, to 18,942.23 and Shanghai lost 0.31 per cent, or 7.32 points, to 2325.91. The Asian Development Bank trimmed its 2012 growth projections for emerging East Asian economies, including China, from 7.5 per cent to 7.2 per cent ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
You're all pigs now! It's just as well that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates when they did -- the RBA lowered the official cash rate to 4.25% from 4.5% yesterday. It may have taken the Financial Times report leaking that Standard ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... 12,060 contracts traded. Investors also remained cautious ahead of a closely-watched interest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia at 1430 AEDT. The market has factored in an 84 per cent chance of a rate cut, so any move to hold rates at ...

Bendigo and Adelaide team up with Australia's first RI platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... first Responsible Investment platform, The Emerald Wrap, which launches in March 2012 is partnering with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as the wrap's default cash account provider. The Emerald Investment, Super and Pension Wrap will offer a wide range of ...

Towers Watson names new head of wealth mngt

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... in a bid to strengthen its advisory services. Prior to joining Towers Watson, Howell was general manager for Commonwealth Bank's North Asia, responsible for financial services businesses across the Asian market. He has also held previous senior roles ...