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Intra-fund opens new doors for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Richard Klipin said that while many of AFA's members are rightly concerned about the unintended consequences of the 'intra-fund advice' model, there are some upsides. Intra-funds are traditionally ...

Value Partners top Asia fund tables

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Value Partners, the fund manager underpinning Sydney-based Premium China Fund, has once again scored top rankings in the Thomson Reuters Extel Surveys. The fifth annual survey results asked executives of several hundred firms including brokers, broking ...

Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
I don't know about you but it seems to me that everybody and his dog are now tuning in into the "Fiscal Deficit & Sovereign Debt Watch" show. Of course, there's nothing closer to our Australian hearts than the Gillard and Swan tandem disaster levy just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
The Australian market is receiving flat to positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall St's key indices slightly higher, while precious metals and oil were lower. On the ASX 24 at 0730 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
The Australian share market was flat at noon after a quiet morning's trade, with mining stocks rising but weakness elsewhere. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.1 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,806.7 points, while the broader All ...

Homegrown techs gain top billing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
Market surveillance technology company, the SMARTS Group, and investment technology supplier, the Milestone Group, will be featuring in a technology forum that aims to showcase Australia's leading financial services technology providers. The Financial ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
The Australian market is receiving broadly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with key equities indices higher in both the US and Europe, along with commodities. On the ASX 24 at 0831 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was ...

Super contribs to SMSFs down, asset alloc steady

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
SMSF contributions fell by more than 20 per cent in the last quarter - following similar patterns throughout last year, new research shows. According to figures from Multiport, the December quarter saw the average inflow of contributions to SMSFs decrease ...

AIG sells Nan Shan stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
American International Group (AIG) continues on with its divestments and is selling its majority stake in Nan Shan Life Insurance Company to Taiwanese group Ruen Chen Investment Holdings. AIG agreed to offload its 97.57 per cent interest in Nan Shan ...