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Countplus loses senior exec to Premium

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
Countplus' former acquisitions and integrations manager and interim chief executive, Jeremy Wardell, has left the firm, taking the top job at Premium Wealth Management as chief executive. The independently-owned financial planning group said Wardell ...

Global REITs to gain double-digits: INGIM

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
Total returns for global real estate investment trusts (REITs) this year could be as high as 12 per cent with dividends yielding around 4 per cent. The healthiest dividend payouts are likely to come from the US, research from fund manager INGIM shows. ...

APRA releases 2010 fund level returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
APRA has released its 2010 fund level data league tables, showing that measured by the controversial 'whole of fund' metric that Australia's top funds are the corporate funds Goldman Sachs, CommBank Officers and Worsely Alumina. Sitting in fourth, fifth ...

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 ...

Avoid AMP Aussie shares fund: Morningstar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
Morningstar has rated the AMP Capital Australian Shares fund as 'avoid', citing instability in the investment team and high staff turnover as key reasons to the fund's rating. In a research note to advisers this morning, research house Morningstar said ...

UniSuper expands advice as member demand rises

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
UniSuper plans to expand its financial planning service next year after better-than-expected demand, with thousands of members using it to get general advice while around 700 requested tailored financial plans. UniSuper Advice, launched last December ...

Citi sees ASX200 at 5300 in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... of the year, with the cash rate rising to 5.75 per cent and the Aussie dollar finishing next year above parity at US$1.03. Citi analysts see the US S&P500 finishing 2011 at the 1300 mark, about a 10 per cent upside from current levels, with the MSCI ...

MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
The $5.7 billion MTAA Super Fund is closing its Target Return Option to new money, as part of the fund's plan to align its liquidity policy with best practice guidelines and proposed APRA reforms. MTAA Super said that it will no longer accept members' ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
"Danger, Will Robinson!" Lost in Space's Robot B9 is back, warning of danger, danger... everywhere. Danger in Europe, Will Robinson. The a,-85 billion band-aid given to Ireland has failed to stop its haemorrhage. Irish 10-year bond yields have climbed ...

Hungary nationalises private pensions

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The Hungarian government has effectively nationalised the private pensions of its citizens in an effort to plug holes in the country's finances. Confirming savers and foreign investors worst fears, the national economy minister, Gyorgy Matolcsy announced ...