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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
The good, the bad and the ugly. Overnight news out of America had something for everybody. Take your pick. Bullish on the economy and the financial markets? Then look no further than the US National Association for Business Economics (NABE) latest survey ...

Karara pulls retail strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
Australian equities investment boutique, Karara Capital is putting the firm's push into the local retail market on ice and focussing it efforts on gaining more institutional mandates. This news comes after Karara Capital advised Standard & Poor's to ...

Cbus CEO competes for UN PRI seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
AustralianSuper has nominated Cbus chief executive David Atkin to sit on the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) board. Atkin replaced Sandy Grant as chief executive at Cbus in November 2007. Prior to that position, Atkin worked ...

Investors rush to oil ETCs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Exchange traded commodity (ETC) provider, ETF Securities,enjoyed a $1.2 billion rise in inflows into oil ETCs in the first four months of this year. Inflows into oil ETCs were more than two times the flows recorded during 2008 with assets under management ...

Baby boomers eye income equity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Tyndall's newest offering, the six-month old Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund, has won a place in three major platforms - signalling baby boomers' increasing appetite for income equity strategies. Craig Hobart, head of retail at Tyndall Investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open lower after losses on Wall Street, although commodity and metal prices were higher overnight. At 0808 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was down 21 points at 3,892. In economic ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
Only a couple of weeks ago the US triad - US Federal Reserve, Treasury and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - were stressing over how best to release the result of the stress test they issued to 19 of their banks. They found a way. Back ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
The Australian share market has received flat leads from Wall Street, with key indices, oil and copper ending marginally lower, while precious metals were higher. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up ten points ...

Sick of swines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Wall Street must be at home sick with the flu last night. The S&P 500 and the Dow barely budged at the same time that news of more infections traveled around the globe. Perhaps the swines are just taking advantage of cheaper plane tickets and accommodations ...

Intech signs deal with Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Intech Investments is partnering with Suncorp Wealth Management to manage the diversified multi-manager options on the Suncorp WealthSmart platform. The core multi-manager products available on the platform cover include Australian shares, international ...