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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open lower after shares on Wall Street slid again on Monday. All three key Wall Street indices were down, as were oil, gold and silver. Copper was up, however. At 0757 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The $43 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has axed two alternative investment mandates in light of the fund's shrinking assets. According to a press statement by the American fund, the board decided "not to move forward with two planned alternative ...

WA planning firm moves east

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Sydney-based financial planning firms are set to face even more competition after Western Australian advice group, Indian Ocean Capital, announced plans to expand into NSW. Indian Ocean Capital is made up of 14 financial advisors in Western Australia ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... the presidential pen to unveil another morally hazardous gift - the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (HASP). And it wasn't just the US doing the heavy lifting. The minutes of the Bank of England's (BoE) February meeting - where ...

Paragem tips scales for small planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Small-size planning groups keen to cut their licensing and admin costs without sacrificing their independence and quality of service are driving the demand for the 'shared services' model, said Paragem's managing director Ian Knox. Knox said some planning ...

Planners gain clean tech fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Asgard Wealth Solutions adds Bakers Investment Group's Alternate Energy Customised Portfolio to its Approved Product List (APL). The portfolio uses a separately managed account (SMA) structure and provides exposure to alternative energy securities across ...

AUI adds to BDM team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Australian Unity Investments hired Alvin Leach and Huw O'Grady as regional manager and business development manager respectively. Prior to this position, Leach worked at Colonial First State as a business development manager. He has also worked as a ...

Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Investors may be asking questions about the amount of performance fees received by hedge fund managers but the real focus should be on the benchmarks and how often these fees are being paid, according to an industry expert. Kim Ivey, chairman of the ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... to a six-year low is anything to go by, yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (HASP) designed to lower US homeowners' mortgage repayments and stem the flow of foreclosures scored a big thumbs down. No ...

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
AMP stayed in the black last year despite the market crisis although earnings by its wealth management arms dropped markedly after local and global markets went through the wringer. The group's Contemporary Wealth Management business, which includes ...