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Fund managers: Tide turning in emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
AllianceBernstein and Van Eck Global have joined a growing chorus of fund managers who say the worst is over in emerging markets and now is looking like a good entry point for long-term investors. According to Rainmaker data, the MSCI Emerging Markets ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
"As we travel down the road, side by side we'll share the load Hand in hand we'll see each other through." -- Kenny Nolan, "Love's Grown Deep" Not long now, Super Mario Draghi must be beaming with excitement for his upcoming date with Janet Yellen this ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after US stocks rallied on the back of fading fear about a clash between Russia and Ukraine forces. At 0656 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 5,554. ...

QV Equities raises $180m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Investors Mutual has raised more than $180m for its new listed investment company (LIC), QV Equities (QVE). The launch of the product last month targeted self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and high net worth investors looking for a diversified share portfolio ...

Age of the billion-dollar financial adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
From modest beginnings with no precedent to rely on, Paul Crowne, principal adviser at Centric Wealth, is today one of the leading proponents of managed accounts in a business that looks after $5 billion of client portfolios using MAs. Crowne is the ...

Maurice Blackburn mulls class action against Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Maurice Blackburn is considering starting a class action against Macquarie in light of the growing number of disgruntled Macquarie Private Wealth customers approaching the litigator. Maurice Blackburn head of the financial disputes department John Berrill ...

Advice group sues online forum over negative review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Financial planning firm WCS Group has started legal action against forum website Whirlpool over comments posted by a user named 'homemadecook.' WCS Group is a financial planning and mortgage broking business within NAB-owned dealer group Apogee. As ...

AdviserEdge kicks off with "live build"

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Countplus One principal Gavin Latz has won the chance to have his social media presence overhauled in real-time as part of the 2014 AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit conference on the Gold Coast. This year's conference is focusing on practical skill ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Geopolitical tensions ease, geopolitical tensions boil, geo-political tensions ease, geo-political tensions boil, geo-political... Financial markets continue to seesaw on this, just like they did with QE (I, II and III) on/QE (I, II and III) off and ...

CIO to step aside as EQT shifts focus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
Equity Trustees chief investment officer George Boubouras is to leave the company following a review of its strategic approach and the priorities for its asset management function. Dr Paul Kasian, currently head of equities at Equity Trustees, will ...