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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
The share market is lower for a third straight day as weaker iron ore and gold prices cause significant falls in the mining sector. The healthcare sector was also lower, but miners were the main drag, with big companies like Fortescue and Newcrest ...

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
I used to believe there were three evil things in the world but while I've changed my mind on the third I think I now have to add a fourth. The first was George Bush for his trickery that fooled the Western world into kicking the Middle East ants' nest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
The share market is weaker as investors sit on the sidelines ahead of important economic events overseas. Most sectors of the market were lower at noon, and trading volumes were down. Investors are waiting for a meeting of the European Central Bank ...

Australian Hedge Fund Awards finalists named

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
The nominees for the Australian Hedge Fund Awards 2014 have been announced. The winners will be revealed on Thursday 18 September at The Westin Hotel in Sydney, with an after party featuring live music at The Vault Hotel on Pitt Street. In the Australian ...

Advertising won't grow membership, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Spending big on advertising may build brand awareness, but it has no effect on membership growth, according to research by CoreData. In a comprehensive study of how consumers view super funds, CoreData found that focusing on fees and services is a surer ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
The share market is flat as gains by the big four banks offset weakness in the resources sector. Morgans private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said the market was holding up well given a weak lead from Wall Street. The mining sector's weakness ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The share market remains relatively flat as investors wait for the Reserve Bank's decision on interest rates and the latest economic growth figures. The market spent most of the morning in marginally negative territory, before rising to be modestly ...

Ascalon nabs sales execs from Triple-A Partners

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
Ascalon Capital Managers has appointed two senior executives at consultancy firm Triple-A Partners to its distribution team in Australia and Asia. Ascalon has appointed Triple-A Partners founder Damien Hatfield to the role of head of sales in Australia ...

Vertical integration good for consumers, competition: instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
Australia's largest financial services institutions have argued that vertical integration is positive for consumers because it helps market competition. The stakeholders have rebuffed the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI) concern that vertical integration ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... inside Ukraine to help pro-Moscow rebels, and had massed 20,000 on the border, stoked the tensions between Moscow and the West, but had no real impact on markets.