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Corp bonds dominate UK sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Corporate bond funds remain the most popular products among UK investors, with the asset class making up a quarter of the sales on the Cofunds platform in May. The latest figures from the UK-based investment platform found the top three selling funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after a second day of falls on Wall Street as disappointing economic data gave investors a reason to continue to sell stocks. At 0721 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

Singapore pushes for online economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
There is a new threat to Australia's aspirations to become Asia's financial hub and it is "virtual", after Singapore announced this month that it plans to spend big on IT to build an "online economy". IT research firm Ovum has released a fresh report ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after thin trade in the US on Friday and falls in key commodity prices. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was two points lower at 4,058. In ...

Metlife group VP retires

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Metlife Insurance has announced the retirement of Michael Burke, Australian vice president of growth strategies. Burke joined the firm four years ago and has managed the firm's group life business a head of institutional business before he was appointed ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to open lower after commodity prices including gold, copper, and oil declined in overnight trading. At 0704 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 18 points lower at 3,940. In economic ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

The best of the best in financial services marketing, sales and business development battled it out in this year's Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards, with the winners announced last night at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney. This year's event gave ...

Platinum holds steady in upswing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Platinum International fund, the largest global equities fund in Australia with more than $7.6 billion in FUM, ranks as one of the top three performers in global equities in the year to April, but Platinum chief investment officer Kerr Neilson, still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0754 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 16 points higher at 3,976. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau ...