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The disappearing act of lose-lose funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Fund managers and super funds are responding to the 'credibility gap' in the wake of the GFC with major reforms to the way they structure fees, create products and meet their fiduciary duties, research found. This week, UK-based CREATE-Research released ...

Implemented Portfolios adds four practices

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
One month after Implemented Portfolios opened its doors to advisers, four planning firms have signed up to use its portfolio construction services - a trend that looks set to continue in the changing advice landscape, said managing director, Charlie ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with key Wall Street indices all closing lower again, and metals and oil also all down. Some boost may be expected if the market responds favourably to a compromise ...

Rosenberg leaves AXA after review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The founder of AXA Rosenberg, Barr Rosenberg, has resigned from the board of the US-based firm after an external review found he did not act in accordance with company policies, following a coding error from June last year. According to a letter to ...

OneCare upgrades benefit more workers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
ING Australia has introduced a suite of improvements to its OneCare risk products by broadening the number of occupations that qualify for income protection and providing more relief for medical workers. The income protection cover has been extended ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
The Australian market is expected to open lower following a weak session in the US. US stocks extended losses on Wednesday on American unemployment and eurozone debt concerns, while precious and base metals and oil were down. Asian markets suffered ...

APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The prudential regulator has drawn a line in the sand on how super fund investment options are to be labelled and announced it will introduce risk-based criterion for how diversified investment options will in the future be categorised. The move kills ...

452 Capital returns 32pc in Morgan's absence

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
452 Capital's Australian share strategy posted more than 32 per cent in gross returns, just slightly above its benchmark, while co-founder Peter Morgan remains on extended leave for health reasons. Morgan, who also acts as an investment director, has ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
"And now I'm fallin' Fallin' fast again..." -Fallin, Teri de Sario It had to happen today, didn't it? EOFY would not be a happy one for Australia given the ugly lead from Wall Street and European bourses while we were sleeping. SPI futures trading says ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Wednesday following strong negative leads from offshore overnight. Wall Street's key indices slumped on Tuesday, precious and base metals and oil were down, except gold which rose slightly, and European ...