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Macquarie launches cap protection product

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Less than a month after Macquarie created a new consolidated business called Macquarie Specialist Investments, the firm has launched a capital protection product that gives investors geared and non-geared access to 16 managed funds. Peter van der Westhuyzen ...

Fund fees not coming down: Cooper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Super System Review chair Jeremy Cooper said market forces in super aren't enough to drive the best outcome for members, arguing that contrary to industry claims, fund fees have gone up, not down, in the past decade. In his speech at the Committee for ...

Aussie shares beat property over the long term

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Australian shares delivered higher returns, after costs and taxes, than residential property over the past two decades, a new report shows. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) commissioned investment firm Russell Investments to measure the performance ...

PIMCO favours Latin American and Asian bonds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
PIMCO has tilted its Global Bond Fund towards sovereign bonds in Latin America and Asia, shunning bonds from developed and emerging Europe. Peter Dorrian, head of global wealth management at PIMCO Australia, said Latin America and Asian countries, prior ...

MLC cuts Wellington and appoints Carnegie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
MLC has axed Wellington Management Company from its global equities fund manager line-up, and appointed Carnegie Asset Management as its new investment manager. Wellington's mandate was terminated because the firm tended to show "higher turnover than ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Super US consumer to the rescue! Technical rebound. Oversold levels. Buying on dips. Call it whatever you want, the fact is that Wall Street rose from the ashes of a deep 3 per cent-plus slump last night to close ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market was down at noon, continuing to be pounded by eurozone instability, with mining, energy and financial stocks suffering losses. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 76.7 points, or 1.75 per cent, at 4,318.7 ...

Wilson HTM targets SMSF sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
Wilson HTM Investment Group's financial advisory arm is targeting the self managed super fund (SMSF) sector to attract more business and assessing opportunities to develop their own financial products. Chris Saunders, who joined Wilson HTM more than ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." - Chumbawamba Phew! That was one hell of a ride wasn't it? You know what I'm talking about. Correct! Last week's financial market ups, downs, twists and turns. Five days of ...

North gets S&P very strong rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
S&P Fund Services has assigned its 'very strong' rating to the North Protected Retirement guarantee. According to a S&P's statement, the rating indicated the product was well designed for the needs of the retiree market while including downside protection ...