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Hunter Hall repositions fund

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Hunter Hall has said that changes made to its Australian Value Trust fund, which posted the second lowest result in a recent survey, will mean that it is judged more accurately. It was reported yesterday that the Hunter Hall Value Trust fund finished ...

ASX rally won't last: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
The stock market will not maintain its recent momentum through 2013, says Ben Heap managing director UBS (Aust/NZ). Buoyed by renewed confidence in the global economy, higher commodities prices and the US clawing its way back from the edge of the fiscal ...

New head of Insto sales at La Trobe

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Melbourne-based fund manager La Trobe Financial has appointed former ASF Group executive director Sally Humphris as its new head of institutional sales. After running third-party distributor ASF Group, and holding several senior management positions ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Call anyone... except the credit rating agencies. That's who. You probably haven't noticed - or simply didn't care - but Fitch Ratings is about to do a Standard & Poor's. Fitch ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite mixed showings on Wall Street and European markets following more gloomy economic news as the World Bank and Germany cut growth forecasts. At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures ...

New hires in AuSuper's internal team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
AustralianSuper has beefed up its internal investment team with four new hires, who will oversee Australian equities, infrastructure, property and investment operations at the $55 billion industry super fund. The fund said that the four senior investment ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Australian shares have opened flat despite expectations of more interest rate cuts boosting banking stocks. At 1014 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.9 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,720.5 and the broader All Ordinaries index ...

FSC to seek inquiry extension

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
To ensure fair fees are paid for the management of all charitable trusts in Australia, the Financial Services Council yesterday said it would seek an extension to a Federal Government inquiry. Financial Services Council (FSC) senior policy manager Eve ...

New WA boss for Macquarie Capital

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Macquarie Group Limited has appointed Justin Mannolini as executive director of its wealth management and real estate services arm Macquarie Capital in Perth, the bank said yesterday. Mannolini's new job is a sign of the investment bank's commitment ...

Structural shifts reposition EMs as less risky investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Emerging markets are entering a new phase characterised by greater structural stability and lower volatility, according to US based asset manager, Neuberger Berman. Alan Dorsey, head of investment strategy at the US-based asset manager, says that greater ...