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North gets very strong rating from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... particularly effective in addressing market-exit timing and income-sequencing risk for investors approaching, and in, the income stage. "A common criticism of capital protection is that it is of limited value over the longer term," said S&P Fund Services ...

Former St.George WM chief quits BT

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has restructured its senior executive team following the resignation of Geoff Lloyd, former chief executive of St.George Wealth Management and the group's general manager. The company statement did not disclose the reasons ...

African bourse on the rise

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) is steadily making changes to its structure to keep pace with its overseas counterparts, and the results are promising. Late last month, NSE chief executive Peter Mwangi, spoke at an industry forum about the progress ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received mostly positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street trading higher and copper and oil prices firmer, although gold and silver futures prices were weaker. At 0734 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

New website for Macquarie advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Macquarie Adviser Services has launched a new adviser website as part of a tech initiative for intermediaries to help them improve their business. The head of Macquarie Adviser Services, Tony Graham, said the portal was part of a staged program to provide ...

AXA APH extends deal with NAB

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... businesses to AXA SA. According to a statement from AXA, the discussions between AXA APH, NAB and AXA SA are at an advanced stage. James Coghill, analyst at Deutsche Securities, said the news is not unexpected and the main issue is the ACCC's decision. ...

ASSET Super appoints LGT Capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... than $100 million invested in local private equity investments, according to Rainmaker. The super fund completed the last stage of its investment restructuring process that included changes to its cash, international and Australian equities, alternative ...

Fund managers to tap gov't capital

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... each successful fund manager to establish new funds of $40 million or more. "These new funds will assist promising early stage Australian companies commercialise Australian research which will result in the creation of competitive products and services. ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

Synchron grows adviser base by 40pc

COMNPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Non-aligned dealer group Synchron has increased its adviser numbers by 40 per cent with the appointment of 44 new advisers last year. Synchron now has 154 advisers. The dealer group aims to have 200 advisers on board by Christmas 2010. Of these, 20 ...