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The upside of a downside fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Boutique fund manager Instreet has developed a new product that helps financial planners and their investors protect their Australian equity portfolios from market swings - without having to switch their equities allocation to cash. The product, Link ...

Shadforth buys SA planning firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Shadforth Financial Group has bought South Australian-based financial planning practice, Walmsley Halligan & Co and its parent company, 'Walmsley Halligan'. The Walmsley Halligan move follows the merger and integration of 12 privately-owned fee-based ...

MoneyForLife ups ratchet frequency

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
ING Australia's longevity product MoneyForLife has increased its ratchet frequency from biennally (every two years) to annually. MoneyForLife is a retirement income solution that offers a guaranteed lifetime income and the flexibility associated with ...

HFA to re-open flagship fund

HFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
HFA Asset Management is set to re-open its flagship $565 million Diversified Investments Fund to new investment as early as July this year - more than a year since it was forced to suspend redemptions due to the liquidity crisis. The decision to re-open ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from overseas markets, with Wall Street closing higher and metals futures contract prices firmer. But the benchmark crude oil futures contract price dipped below $US85 a barrel on Friday. At 0722 ...

AvSuper rolls out conservative growth option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
AvSuper has unveilled a new conservative growth investment option to especially service members approaching retirement or who are risk averse. The $1 billion-plus AvSuper last month announced the launch of the new option, which was introduced following ...

Babson closes five CLOs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
US fund manager Babson Capital Management has closed five collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) with more than US$1.7 ($1.9) billion under management. According to a press statement, Victoria Falls CLO, Diamond Lake CL., Clear Lake CLO, Summit Lake ...

Planners can fix their poor public image

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... events that caused this involved only a minority of planners, but it happened on our watch," said Klipin. Klipin said the origin of the problem is "a lot of this industry's heritage was borne of the transaction. We need to put things right." Part of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... Perpetual Ltd, IOOF Holdings Ltd, Downer EDI Ltd, Lend Lease Ltd, Macquarie Telecom Group, Alinta Energy, Goodman Fielder Ltd, Origin Energy Ltd, Ramsay Health Care Ltd, Toll Holdings Ltd, Macquarie Telecom Group and Flight Centre Ltd. Full year results ...

MLC adds eight debt managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
MLC has changed the way it manages debt securities in the MLC Horizon portfolios and its Diversified Debt fund, with eight investment managers winning new mandates but Bridgewater and BlackRock dropped from the line up. The new line up means MLC will ...