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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices flat, while precious metals were higher and oil eased. On the ASX 24 at 0837 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was two points ...

CFS slashes entry bar to wholesale platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Colonial First State has launched an aggressive bid for market share by opening Australia's biggest wholesale investment platform to small investors, positioning itself for a future commission-free superannuation market. Colonial, a subsidiary of the ...

FPA to reset membership criteria

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association is seeking to restrict its membership with constituents to vote on the proposals in April. After June this year only practicing financial planners will be able to join the association as members with practice owners ...

CFS names new advice head

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
Colonial First State (CFS) appoints Marianne Perkovic, currently the CFS general manager of distribution, as the new head of advice, filling the gap left by Paul Barrett last month. Perkovic starts her new role next week as head of the CFS advice business ...

Hunter Hall launches two equity funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Fund manager Hunter Hall taps into rising financial adviser demand for global equities with the launch of a fully-hedged global equities fund and an Asian equities fund. The boutique manager has introduced the new fully hedged global equities fund as ...

New Berkshire fund buys Buffet

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Investment group JB Global is offering a second capital-protected fund investing in Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire has produced an average compounded gain of 20.2 per cent in book value every year since 1965. Buffet, the world's most ...

AMP Capital invests more into residential property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
AMP Capital Investors renews its focus on property mandates with its residential property fund, Select Property Portfolio 3 (SPP3), and plans to launch its fourth fund this year. SPP3 is a close-ended, unlisted diversified fund that focuses on higher ...

No $900 slug for planners: FPA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association said it won't be asking financial planners to pay increased fees of $900 under its proposed new fee structure. Fears about fee hikes for individual planners surfaced this morning after a news story in a trade publication ...

IAS pools $650m in managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Investment Administration Services (IAS) encourages both boutique and large dealer groups to embrace managed accounts as the firm's funds under administration (FUA) hits $650 million. IAS' private label discretionary portfolio services has exceeded ...

Quadrant eyes Vision Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Quadrant Super prepares to shift its investments portfolios across to a new super fund platform this year, but said it will maintain its "small and independent" status. Quadrant, which just reached $500 million in funds under management (FUM) this month ...