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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with modest gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,404. The Dow closed at a fresh record after the US Federal Reserve stuck to a plan ...

AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... governance screens with a smart beta approach: "Overlaying smart beta with ESG is quite a new and novel concept but it's one we feel is a very positive step. "Our extensive research shows ESG smart beta can offer investors a lower risk and higher return ...

Planners keen to leave big dealer groups

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... dealer groups because "they are increasingly seeing their relationship focused solely on product and numbers, and they really feel this is impacting on their ability to provide flexible solutions to their clients". Micallef added: "The shift of financial ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... if you believe this morning's headlines - geo-political tensions haven't gone away, investors were just distracted by the feel-good speeches at Jackson Hole and S&P 500's climb to the 2,000 milestone - and if you believe Putin's gone an inch away from ...

IRESS co-founder departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... he will retire. Before becoming chair, he served as the company's managing director from 2001 until 2009. Dunai said: "I feel fortunate to have been on a shared journey with so many talented and dedicated colleagues for so many years. I am very confident ...

A quarter of global instos plan to grow alternatives investment teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... estate investors and 14% of infrastructure investors. At least a third of investors in each individual alternative asset class feel positively about the respective asset classes at present, with private equity investors most positive (51%). Hedge fund ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Toto, I've a feeling we're back in Goldilocksville. Now that the headlines have grown tired of counting and recounting of lives lost - and collateral damages - the US/EU-Russia tits-for-tats, the "humanitarian" trucks toing and froing through the Ukrainian ...

Licensees must be more open to social media: AFA

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... find a better way to tell a better version of their 'why' because that's what people believe in and they change what people feel then you can make your financial planning service matter."

Consumers have no loyalty to financial institutions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... superannuation and insurance, lack of product awareness, some concern regarding the spread of risk and staff that may not feel confident in a selling role." The research is based on more than 50,000 customer interviews conducted during the course of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly higher on Monday despite flat trading in the US at the end of last week. The September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,516. Earning season continues this week with National ...