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Planners as fiduciaries to drive industry growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... through super funds not just through planning groups, specially following the introduction of intra-fund advice relief. The ground has already shifted in the last two years as major financial planning groups answer renewed calls for independent advice. ...

Funds want better EMs access

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... exposure is often no longer enough as they want more direct access through people or local fund managers actually there on the ground, said Murphy. "Australian super funds are getting to the point where they don't want just an EM fund but specific country ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... On Wednesday, Australian shares were dragged lower after resources heavyweights BHP Billiton Ltd and Rio Tinto Ltd lost ground on softer base metals prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 69.8 points, or 1.48 per cent, at 4,648.5 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 1.16 points, 0.10 per cent, to 1,108.01. LONDON - European stock exchanges lost ground on Monday in hesitant trading in the face of strikes under way in France and Germany and in the offing in Britain. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... Bank (NAB) weighed on the market despite reporting a rise in cash earnings in the December quarter but BHP Billiton gained ground. BHP Billiton was up 30 cents at $41.23 at 1207 AEDT while Rio Tinto slipped 15 cents to $71.95. NAB was down 65 cents at ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... balance sheet that is the envy of financial services providers locally and overseas. But where AXA APH could gain more ground is the plan to branch out into the post-retirement market and self managed super funds (SMSFs) at a time when the bulk of the ...

Norway pension enlists RI researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
The $430 billion Norwegian Government Pension fund has selected European responsible investment house, GES Investment Services, to screen its fixed income and equities portfolios for tobacco and weapons criteria. The research mandate means GES will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... market closed higher, with blue-chip shares that had been sold off on concerns about fiscal stability in Europe regaining ground with news of potential aid for Greece. The benchmark Nikkei added 31.09 points, or 0.3 per cent to finish at 9,963.99 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... a sharp fall on Friday in anticipation of poor news on Wall Street, the market seemed to be making up some of its lost ground. "In Australia on Friday afternoon people thought the US was going to get slammed, but it wasn't as bad as we were expecting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... on exporters and Toyota Motor's recall woes undermined investor confidence. Shares rose in early trade, but later lost ground in response to the yen's strength against the US dollar ahead of a US Federal Reserve monetary policy decision and President ...