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Economic indicators defy equities upside: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... Australian equities also highlighted volatile commodity prices, the on-going printing of bank notes in the US, Europe and Japan, plus the fragility of global banks as distorting influences on the market. However, he still insists that these factors do ...

Market Wrap - late AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... points. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release August's housing finance figures plus October's new motor vehicle sales data. National turnover was 253.6 million securities worth $178.3 million, with 258 stocks ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... 4,475. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release August's housing finance figures plus October's new motor vehicle sales data. In equities news, Roy Hill chief executive Barry Fitzgerald is due to speak at the ...

Overseas investors' demand replacement of LM as RE

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Unitholders in a group of mortgage funds - plus a significant number of overseas investors - want to replace the Gold Coast-based LM Investment Management (LM) with Trilogy Funds Management Limited (Trilogy) as the Responsible Entity (RE). LM is the ...

Mandates slugged by downturn

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), leading (investment) managers committed to external mandates - with 10-plus - use an average of 18 each. "This number of mandates masks big changes in asset sectors scoring the business, albeit the long ...

Platforms at 10 year low

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Nervousness in underlying global investment markets, caused by ongoing European financial crises, plus massive US budget blowouts has contributed to net inflows into the platform market reaching their lowest levels in ten years, a recent report reveals. ...

NSW and CFS partner in first gov retail annuity bond

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... funds under administration, the FirstWrap platform provides advisers and their clients with access tax management tools, plus investor and client access to account information online. The third series of the Waratah Annuity Bond became available from ...

TAL Direct appoints marketing head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... first class MA MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University. TAL Direct operates the InsuranceLine brand, plus numerous "white label" alliances producing life insurance products and services for businesses such as Virgin Money, NIB and ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... AE Super and Quadrant all with 9.0%. The top five Personal super funds (by balanced options) over the 12 months were Host-Plus with 10.0%, Quadrant with 9.0%, OneAnswer with 8.9% and First State Super, State Super (NSW) and Perpetual Wealth Focus all ...

QE3 will be different

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... is going out and buying the gasoline that the economy needs." Howitt added that this time it's going to be QE3 - but QE3 plus more self-sufficiency - and plus households that are not stressed over their mortgages.