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LTG GoldRock joins super elite

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
LTG GoldRock was recently recognised in the World Finance 100 listing for 2012, alongside industry heavyweights for excellence in its field. Spanning numerous industries and covering many international marketplaces, the World Finance 100 is compiled ...

GBST Quant and Russell alliance to foster tax-aware investing

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
Technology solutions provider GBST announced today that its GBST Quant capabilities will provide customised after-tax benchmarking for the new Russell After-Tax Survey, due to launch late August. Russell Investments has designed the After-Tax Survey ...

AustralianSuper hires veteran economist Tierney

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AustralianSuper has appointed Mark Tierney as an investment manager within its Macro and Portfolio Construction Team. Tierney's responsibilities include translating macro views into impacts on all assets classes to inform decisions relating to allocation ...

Market down 5%: Resources look ugly

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
At reporting season's three quarter mark last week, defensive stocks surfaced with their best half year of growth since 2009, while cyclicals recorded their worst - despite industrials earnings rising 4%. With only a little more than a third of stocks ...

Delay FoFA reforms another year: Lawyer

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012

Cost reductions dampen IRESS result

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Financial services systems supplier IRESS saw its first half underlying profit fall 7.4% to $27.8 million on the back of reduced activities by broker clients in response to low transactions levels. Due to tough global trading conditions for clients ...

BetaShares expands coverage

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
BetaShares has significantly expanded its distribution coverage since the beginning of 2012 with its ETFs now available on a much larger list of dealer group approved product lists and on multiple platform menus. This year there have been 54 counts ...

Saxo Bank's iPad app optimises trading

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Saxo Bank, parent company of Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd has announced the launch of its updated mobile trading app which is now optimised for iPad use. Users with the current Saxo app on their iPhone or iPad will automatically receive ...

Future Fund to acquire AIF assets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
The Future Fund has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the Australian Infrastructure Fund's (AIX) portfolio assets for $2 billion - 10% up to the AIX Directors' published asset valuations at 30 June 2012. Due to their strong correlation with ...

Embedding risk appetite remains tricky

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Despite a major improvement in financial services firms implementing risk management since the GFC, there remains significant unfinished business, according to a new Progress in Financial Services Risk Management report. While there's been significant ...