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Regal Long Short Aust EF 'highly recommended'

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Regal Long Short Australian Equity Fund is the only Fund in its category to be "highly recommended" by both Lonsec and Zenith. Of the 12 Australian Long Short Equity Funds reviewed, the Fund received the only "Highly Recommended" rating in its category. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following the US and Europe's leads as workers across indebted eurozone nations protest against their governments' deep austerity programs. At 0631 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures ...

Perpetual CFO resigns

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Perpetual Limited chief financial officer Roger Burrows has resigned, after accepting the same role at transport infrastructure group Asciano limited. After announcing Burrow's departure to the market yesterday, Perpetual said it had commenced an executive ...

Huge opportunity is higher risk recovery stocks: Southeastern

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
A flight to safety brought about ongoing investor uncertainty in the wake of the GFC means that a wealth of well managed, competitively entrenched and soundly financed companies can be bought at a significant discount to their intrinsic value, according ...

Perennial defection triggers Zenith review

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Zenith has placed three Perennial property trusts under review, after key staff moved across to Colonial First State Global Asset Management. When Perennial head of property David Kivell replaced the outgoing Steven Hayes, an exodus from the investment ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Investors should expect greater volatility in foreign exchange markets as the 'beggar thy neighbour' approach of quantitative easing across the developed world triggers economic, political and social consequences for developing economies, according ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat despite Wall Street falling into the red, unable to maintain early gains as tech stocks dragged on sentiment. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Lonsec urges advisers to revisit EMs

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
After a "brutal" year for emerging market investors, things might be looking up, said research house Lonsec. It has been a rocky ride for emerging market investors over the past 12 months, with "true believers in the merits of an expending emerging ...

Asian trustee services in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
Stagnation in parts of the eurozone causing capital to take flight to Asia is creating opportunities for trustee services firms across the Asia-Pacific region particularly regarding overseeing Initial Public Offerings. The Trust Company, Australia's ...

AMP updates Ascend SMSF

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
AMP has launched a new version of its Ascend SMSF service to its financial advice network with improved online features. The enhanced Ascend SMSF service enables advisers to deliver better customer experiences at lower cost as a result of improved technology ...