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K2 fund moves to daily pricing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
In a move that shows managed funds can improve their liquidity despite market pressures, K2 Asset Management has changed its pricing policy for its absolute return fund from monthly to daily. This means the K2 Select International Absolute Return will ...

State Street appoints sales head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
State Street has appointed Greg O'Sullivan to a newly-created position of head of sales for State Street's Investor Services and State Street Associates' Currency Management businesses in Australia. The new position, based in Sydney, will be responsible ...

Super must become more efficient: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in his latest essay said superannuation should become more efficient and improve its net investment returns. In a widely publicised 6000 word manifesto, the Prime Minister has outlined his views of the economy and his plans ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... really encouraging, and maybe this will be the line in the sand that the March low was the bottom," Burrell Stockbroking associate Peter Wright said. Mr Wright said the stockmarket had gained as investors became more convinced that fears of a large scale ...

Lonergan Edwards supports Premium buy-back

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
Valuation firm Lonergan Edwards & Associates said the Premium Investors proposed share buy-back scheme, which is set to be voted on next month, would be a fair outcome for shareholders. The independent experts report, commissioned by the Premium Investors ...

CommInsure launches insurance WriteAway

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
CommInsure has launched WriteAway, a new straight through processing platform for risk insurance that could provide financial planners with an underwriting decision within 20 to 30 minutes. The group said that following a review of existing insurance ...

Mercer Sentinel hires two

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Mercer Sentinel has made two consultant appointments to boost its operational and transactional services across the Asia Pacific. Pushkar Thakur has joined Mercer Sentinel in Sydney from Mercer's Retirement, Risk and Finance business where he specialised ...

Timbercorp investors get $50k aid

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
Professional Investment Services is hoping its $50,000 donation into the Timbercorp fighting fund and other monetary aid would help up to 80 per cent of Timbercorp investors claw some of their investments back. PIS, which recently poured an additional ...

ASIC bans Firepower adviser

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
ASIC has banned another adviser Quentin Ward from providing financial services for eight years after an investigation into his involvement in Firepower investments. ASIC banned Ward after an investigation into his dealings in the sale of Firepower Holdings ...

US planners prefer fee model: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
US based financial planners are favouring a fee based remuneration model and appreciating the role of education more, according to a survey. A Cerulli Associates and College for Financial Planning survey, found a shift away from commission based remuneration ...