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Investors leave mortgage funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Mortgage Funds are still suffering redemptions pressure, with investors subject to withdrawal restrictions on formerly frozen funds, ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today. The research house said funds in its Australian Fixed Interest - Mortgages ...

Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Ratings agencies this week left fund managers alone but focused on the banks. Standard and Poor's yesterday left its rating on AMP Capital Core Property Fund unaffected after the resignation of Michael Winnel, the assistant fund manager. Winnel will ...

Planners risk trouble opposing FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Financial planners are shooting themselves in the foot by seeking to sink key elements of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the Industry Super Fund Network has said. Industry Super Fund Network chief executive David Whiteley said the financial ...

Burned investors drink bitter cup: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Investors who suffer financial losses thanks to misconduct often don't know how to seek redress and recover only a few cents on the dollar if at all according to new research from finance industry regulator ASIC. The organisation studied the social ...

Food profits to rise: Macquarie

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The outlook for agriculture is bright with the sector providing a hedge against inflation and population increases set to drive demand, Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management said yesterday. Anthony Abraham, executive director of Macquarie Agricultural ...

US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The US debt-ceiling debacle may give markets a bit of a scare but was unlikely to end in disaster, a portfolio manager for Janus Capital Group said yesterday. US President Barack Obama has warned of impending US economic catastrophe if Congress doesn't ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Financial planners on the warpath over Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms were given a crash course in political lobbying today by Shadow Minister for Financial Services Senator Mathias Cormann, who told them to target the independents. Speaking ...

Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Traditional wisdom leads many investors to avoid airlines. But some of the airline industry's top executives explained at an investment seminar on Monday how owning aeroplanes can be very profitable. Fund executives from Investec's Global Aircraft Fund ...

New tool for institutionals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
A new web-based portfolio analysis tool has been released by London-based technology firm RBC Dexia Investor Services. The firm, which provides risk and investment analytics to institutional investors, today launched Investment Analytics - Interactive ...

Bank profits exceed 25 per cent

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Australia's bank profit margins exceeded 25 per cent with the big four earning more than 80 per cent of total interest income, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority said in its Quarterly Bank Performance Statistics report today. The big four ...