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Instreet closes Reliance strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... winding up leading up to their closure. "The reason they closed down is because we determined the fund size wasn't big enough and it was in the best interest of investors to close them down," said Lucas. Boutique manager Instreet works with financial ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... spreads blew out and equity markets sold off. Apart from the European Central Bank (ECB), who'll be willing - rather stupid enough - to lend to Europe? Worse, more banks would be required to hold more capital in reserve - just in case. More capital held ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... final decision on Thursday over whether National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) and AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA) have done enough to satisfy it to allow their $13.3 billion merger to go ahead. In Australia on Wednesday, the share market closed lower after ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... different presentations. Colin Morgan, Zurich's general manager - Life Risk Australia, said the firm takes the issue seriously enough to do research that looks at the usage and understanding of social media in the adviser market. "This piece of research ...

Planes, trains & automobiles and the bush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... for planes, trains and automobiles. "Over the next six years, we are going to rebuild 150,000 miles of our roads - that's enough to circle the world six times; that's a lot of road. We're going to lay and maintain 4,000 miles of our railways - enough ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... yeah, oh yeah. The US non-farm payrolls report - "the mother of all economic stats" - brought in the light with figures enough to put reasonable doubt into those willing the US economy into a double dip. The US Labor Department reported that overall ...

Balmain Trilogy support falls short

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... received majority support of both unitholders and units voted in respect of its new strategy at a unitholder meeting, but not enough to satisfy the 75 per cent threshold. Pacific First Mortgage Fund unit holders had the choice to exit the fund after ...

Australians up on luck, down on savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... report adds to mounting research that many Australians are ill-prepared for retirement with only one in 10 likely to have enough money to maintain their lifestyle once they quit the rat race. The Investment Trends September 2009 Retirement Income Report ...

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... Terrible! Shockingly disappointing! Take a look at the stats and you'll arrive at the same conclusion - or worse, it may be enough to tick you over the double-dip camp. US new home sales plummeted by 27 per cent in July - nearly doubly worse than expectations ...

Funds with freebies

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... members to switch super funds much easier than before, it seems that simple financial advice and management are no longer enough. While special deals aren't new in the retail or airline sectors, it is a relatively new phenomenon in superannuation. The ...