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Macquarie AS updates term deposit offering

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
Macquarie Adviser Services has updated its term deposit offering for advisers as the investment option grows in popularity among self managed superannuation funds. The update adds online maturities and data feed improvements that aim to streamline the ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
We're in trouble now... big trouble. That's the ugly picture painted by the latest US non-farm payrolls report and Wall Street's reaction to it. The S&P 500 fell by 0.94%, the Dow by 0.96% and the Nasdaq by 1.30% the day the US Labor Department released ...

Provident Capital leaves 3500 investors in limbo

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... board which made us increase our rating at the beginning of the year to 3.75 then their 31 December results came out in April - the moment we saw those numbers we downgraded." SQM said asking for financials at the responsible entity level of rated funds ...

Mercer expands local Sentinel team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Mercer Investments has expanded its local Sentinel team with four new hires and a transfer from its US operations. The move comes after the recent appointment of Robin Solomon as leader of Mercer Sentinel in Asia Pacific following the departure of partner ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Yields on Australian government 10-year bonds plummeting to record lows points to investors expecting near negligible economic growth in the foreseeable future. But it could also be driven by overseas investors desperate for a safe-haven. In April this ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Well, well, well. Don't look now folks for we may have just received the best indicator of the financial markets' direction over the next three months, at least. No Virginia, it's not yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to sit ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index was almost flat during May 2012 posting 12 month returns of -0.4%. This is a considerable fall from April when rolling returns were close to 2%, thanks to a disastrous month on the Australian share market. ...

Count counts more advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Count Financial added nine practices and 24 new Authorised Representatives in June. Count has attributed the growth to a recent restructure that saw the appointment of Judy Clark as senior executive for practice development in April and an increase ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... prices. Certainly, S&P/Case Shiller composite index of US house prices made for good reading. House prices rose by 0.7% in April - the third straight month of increase and better than expectations for only a 0.4% gain. All good. Except that, buried deep ...

AMP Capital Investors restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
AMP Capital Investors has restructured its equities portfolio management within the multi-manager team. Mary McLaughlin, portfolio manager for the AMPCI Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) Share Fund has already left the group, departing last Tuesday ...