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DeAM appoint to boost alternative investments sales

Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed a new head of alternative investments distribution, selling products including hedge funds and private equity products. DeAM CEO Australia and CIO Asia Pacific, Andrew Fay, said the appointment will help ...

Daily economic update

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and financial markets will welcome the country's latest inflation figures. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that headline consumer prices rose by 0.5 per cent in the December quarter - less than ...

Deutsche appoint ahead of retail drive

Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed a new head of retail distribution in Australia, ahead of the launch of several new global funds and alternative investment products. Chris Larsen, former head of retail distribution for Credit Suisse Asset ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2006
The Australian share market is likely to open lower, with a weak lead from Wall Street after a five-day rally. Yesterday the Dow Jones industrial average traded above 11,000 for the first time in four-and-a-half years. Gold is also weaker today, having ...

St George and Westpac end year with share buy backs

Two of Australia's major banks announce significant share buy backs to cap off the year, amid news speculation of a takeover bid from the UK for St. George. Westpac has clawed back $1 billion of off market shares, 300 million more than its $700 million ...

IFSA get set to push product rationalisation

Product rationalisation is high on the agenda for IFSA next year, with estimates that if the reforms it suggests are successful it will save the industry between $120 million and $350 million a year in compliance costs. IFSA's December 2005 report outlines ...

Members staying put: Mercer

A new Mercer survey shows almost half of all members surveyed want to stay put in their current fund despite super choice. Mercer's September Super Switch Index showed that member loyalty remains very strong with 47 per cent of members 'unlikely to ...

Fincorp returns $21m to investors

Financial services watchdog ASIC has required finance company Fincorp to return up to $21 million plus interest to more than 1,000 investors of its 2004 prospectus, due to misleading and omitted information in the document. The Supreme Court of NSW ...

Aust Unity moves Defined Income Trust to Vianova

Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has moved the management of its Defined Income Trust, both wholesale and retail, to its joint partner Vianova Asset Management. AUI set up the boutique manager in February as a specialist in absolute return fixed interest. ...

Property developer owing over $14M to investors appears in court

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has brought 20 charges of breaching the Corporations Act against John Sage in the Melbourne Magistrates Court. The regulator alleges Sage provided prospective investors in the Victorian based ...