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SPAA board appoints new member

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
Building on its accounting expertise, SPAA has announced that founder of accounting firm CJ Baker & Associates, Carolyn Baker, has joined the board. A committee member for the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) during ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... 160 internationally traded crude oils. The ETF is also currency hedged, which is aimed at separating it from a fluctuating AUD/USD exchange rate. BetaShares, head of investment strategy, Drew Corbett, said the oil ETF gives Australian investors more ...

AXA IM to expand responsible investment focus

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
AXA Investment Managers is stepping up its focus on responsible investing with plans to expand its five-strong global team and build on research in the sector in the New Year. The asset management firm believes growth in investment funds directed into ...

Abbott: Coalition will not vote for SG but won't rescind it

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has made his position clear on the proposed rise in the superannuation guarantee to 12%. Abbott confirmed this morning at a Financial Services Council (FSC) breakfast in Sydney, that while his party will not vote in support ...

ASIC cancels South Australian financial services licence

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
ASIC has cancelled the financial service license of Adelaide based firm Mark Power Financial Ltd, along with the license of its responsible manager Mark Raymund Power. The move follows concerns Mark Power Financial (MPF) didn't comply with ASIC's obligations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite world stock markets coming under pressure as the eurozone debt crisis continues to push most European government borrowing costs dangerously higher. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Italy's bond market collapse puts US back in favour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... developments are expected to dampen to the 7.4% annual returns from international bonds, perhaps offset by relaxing the upward on the AUD as previously Australia-bound capital renews interest in the US. In a case of good timing, Reuters reported that ...

Insto clients forecast a low growth world economy

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... "The biggest opportunities seen by our clients are skilled 'alpha' strategies, fixed income credit strategies hedged into AUD, infrastructure, Australian shares paying high/fully franked dividends and gold," said Wilson.

Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
We've had the "risk on risk off" trade, we've had the "hope" trade and now we have the "headline" trade. And this you and I can plainly see on the intra-day ticks of last night's trading activity. Major equity markets in Asia and most of Europe -- Italy ...

Transparent social investment forum launched

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
The need for transparency and accountability has lead to launch of new social networking and investment ideas forum, Investable, for professionals and non professionals' alike as a compliant networking tool for the investment industry. The site allows ...