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ASIC accepts EU from two advice firms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted enforceable undertakings from two financial planning firms. Melbourne adviser James Thomas Banfield has entered into an enforceable undertaking with ASIC that prevents him from ...

Russell and Matrix outcome-focused funds achieve solid start

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
Russell Investment has partnered with Matrix Planning Solutions to develop and launch five actively managed portfolios designed to deliver different outcomes depending on the investor's life stage and needs. The PartnerShip Funds, as they will be known ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher after the US Federal Reserve surprised investors by deciding to continue with its $US85 billion-a-month stimulus scheme. The All Ordinaries had jumped 59.7 points, or 1.14 per cent, to 5,290.1 after opening ...

Aussie ETF industry comes of age

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
New record highs in the trading value in the Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market show that the industry has come of age with investors increasingly using ETFs in sophisticated ways, according to BetaShares managing director Alec Vynokur. BetaShares ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite international markets mostly gaining on news Larry Summers had withdrawn from the Federal Reserve chairmanship race and lessend fears over Syria. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite international markets mostly gaining on news Larry Summers had withdrawn from the Federal Reserve chairmanship race and lessend fears over Syria. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Bracks back on Cbus board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
Steve Bracks has been reappointed as chair of the Cbus board of directors, effective as of today. Bracks was revoked from his position as consul general in New York by Foreign Minister-elect Julie Bishop this week. Bracks was appointed to the position ...

Laminar awarded hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
Laminar Funds took home the Australian hedge fund of the year award for its Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund at a ceremony at The Star in Sydney yesterday. The fixed interest fund invests in a range of corporate bonds, bank debt, credit derivatives ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher as investors welcome solid Chinese economic data, the possibility of a diplomatic solution to the Syria chemical weapons issue and renewed business confidence in the wake of the Australian federal election. ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Despite the recent shake out in emerging markets due to the rebounding USD, the stronger ones are positioned fundamentally differently to how they were in 1997 and should absorb this latest correction. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeatedly ...