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CIO exit forces Bedlam closure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... program, including four promotional trips to the US and one to Australia. McCallum told Financial Standard when he visited in March that Bedlam was seizing on the opportunity posed by the soft-closure of a number of top-performing emerging market equity ...

University academics to access advice research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... Education Council (FPEC) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA). The first round of the grants will be awarded in March 2014 after a two stage application process. Initial expressions of interest will be accepted from November and the deadline ...

Pension rule changes to benefit 740,000

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... Andrew said. "Returns available to pensioners and other allowees have decreased since deeming rates were last changed, in March 2013. This announcement brings the deeming rates in line with available financial returns." National Seniors Australia, which ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... QE3 in September last year. And so on and on and on we go... Perhaps the Fed will bite the bullet and start tapering in March next year (give or take) as expected. However, this doesn't preclude it from unwinding its QE unwinding should the recovery ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... managers' index (PMI) for this month was 50.9, a significant improvement from September's 50.2 and the highest since 51.6 in March. The euro reached $1.3825 - the highest point since November 2011 - before falling back to $US1.3798, which compared with ...

Bears out a-haunting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... November 2008. In just five days of trading, the S&P 500 lost 17.4% that time...and continued to do so before bottoming in March of the following year. Now that was Lehman, Mr. El-Arian. On both occasions, both sides of the political divide were forced ...

Centrepoint optimistic after completing AAP acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... PIS. The largest independent dealer group in Australia saw a dramatic drop in adviser numbers, which went from 1,257 in March 2011 to 559 in March 2013, according to a Rainmaker Advantage Report. The dealer group also had to face a number of client claims ...

NAB launches new set of real return portfolios

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
As part of its first new product launch since Jonathan Armitage took over as CIO in March, National Australian Bank's (NAB) MLC has launched a new set of real return portfolios that aim to deliver returns above inflation for investors. MLC Investment ...

Court freezes LM Investment Management founder's assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). LM Investment Management went into administration in March 2013, with the company responsible for managing at least $750 million on behalf of almost 12,000 investors in Australia ...

Platforms hit $445bn record

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... of $386 billion it reached in September 2007 and up a whopping 54% from the post-GFC nadir of $289 billion it fell to in March 2009. The researcher meanwhile added that the number of adviser groups was up 58 during the year to a record 826 although this ...