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DB's Boyton sees "slow, steady decline" in Aussie housing

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Deutsche Bank Australia chief economist Adam Boyton weighed in on one of the hottest topics within wealth management at the Deutsche Asset Management conference this morning in Sydney. "The long-term trajectory I think for house prices in Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market was flat at noon after company profit results failed to inspire many investors. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.3 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,470.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

452 Capital mandates at risk

RUTH LIEW AND JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The impending departure of three senior executives from boutique fund manager 452 Capital sent shockwaves through the investment community late yesterday, with super funds heavily exposed to the manager reconsidering their investment mandates. In a ...

DST's HiPortfolio goes live at ING Aus

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
In an effort to enhance its cross-investment processing, ING Australia has adopted DST Global Solution's HiPortfolio. In a media statement, DST said ING Australia has been an indirect user of HiPortfolio through an outsourcing provider since 2002, but ...

RIAA unveils investment academy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The Responsible Investment Academy will launch its first suite of programs at the seventh international responsible investment conference in Sydney next month. The Responsible Investment Academy, backed by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia ...

AMP books 4.4pc rise in profits, AUM stable

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
AMP Limited has posted half year underlying profits of $383 million, up 4.4 per cent compared to last time, buoyed by stable earnings from its insurance and wealth management arms. The company declared an interim dividend of 15 cents per share, 60 per ...

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
Wall Street turned in another good performance last night! No one could be faulted for forming such a conclusion after reading the following headlines: "Stocks Rise on M&A Speculation; Treasuries Pare Gain, Oil Falls" - Bloomberg "Consumer sector lifts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The Australian share market has received mixed to positive leads from offshore trading overnight. US stock indices were higher, Europe equities were mixed, and metals and oil, too, returned mixed results. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Ipac boosts insurance-related investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Ipac Asset Management plans to have as much as a 25 per cent allocation within its alternatives growth portfolio devoted to insurance-related investments, and backs the strategy with a $50 million seed investment into a newly-launched catastrophe insurance ...