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HESTA posts bumper January returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
HESTA has reported a stellar monthly investment return for January with all 11 of its options returning positive results. The stand-out performer for the leading health and community services sector fund was International Shares with a 3 per cent gain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
The Australian dollar was higher on Friday morning, on the back of encouraging Australian investment data and a higher oil price. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the local unit was trading at 100.97 US cents, up from 100.60 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 AEDT ...

RI Advice Group targets WA practices

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
RI Advice Group (RI, formerly RetireInvest) plans to recruit five Western Australian financial planning groups to its network this year, starting with Perth-based group Wealth Designers. The financial planning network said it expects to bring on another ...

FPA slams industry fund 'one track agenda'

ELISE BURGESS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has weighed in on the opt-in arguments advocated by sections of the trade union superannuation movement, calling the action "alarmist" and part of the industry funds "one track agenda". The FPA yesterday said ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
TOWER Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee ...

Performance fees more popular: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
The lure of performance fees harks back to ancient Phoenician sea captains who kept a fifth of the profits from successful voyages, a piece of history invoked by Alfred Winslow Jones, inventor of hedge funds, when he took 20 per cent of the profits. ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
Months of anxiety over rising inflation, speculation over near-term hikes in interest rates (in the developed economies) and/or actual hikes in interest rates (in emerging markets), lingering doubts over the US recovery, policy mistake and then a hard ...

Spot the bubble before they burst

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
Gold could be the next investment bubble to burst, according to a highly regarded financial adviser, but long and painful losses on any bubbles are avoidable with the right frameworks in place. Speaking at the SPAA conference, Tim Farrelly, principal ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
Solid results from companies including Coca-Cola Amatil and WorleyParsons have limited declines on the Australian sharemarket after heavy falls in US equities overnight. At 1204 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.9 points, or 0.16 per cent ...

BlackRock iShares breaks $1bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
BlackRock has announced that its exchange traded fund business, iShares, has reached $1 billion assets under management. IShares claims to be the world's leading provider of ETFs after launching its first suite of international ETFs in Australia in ...