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Emerging markets look expensive: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
David Bassanese's exchange traded fund (ETF) research found emerging market stocks are starting to get expensive but it remains bullish on local equities. The Pennywise Investment January report said the price-to-book value across emerging market stocks ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Changes to the liquidity of unlisted property securities has become a big portfolio construction issue for fund trustees, financial planners and investors. The move late in 2008 by a number of unlisted property fund managers to freeze redemptions has ...

Macquarie rolls out capital protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Macquarie Global Investments has teamed up with the UK's Winton Capital Management to cater for advisers looking for new options in capital protection products. MGI launched the Winton Global Opportunities Trust 2 today, a product that gives investors ...

Finance jobs to shine in 2010

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Salaries are expected to rise, and bonuses are on the cards for financial services professionals in Sydney this year, according to latest figures from Morgan McKinley. According to the Morgan McKinley 2010 Salary Survey, over 40 per cent of financial ...

Celeste FM 'better placed': Villante

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Frank Villante, chief investment officer at Celeste Funds Management, formerly Souls Funds Management, said the business is better placed than it was prior to Treasury Group buying a stake in the business in November last year. This comes after Villante ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Australian shares are likely to open lower after global equity markets and commodities slumped overnight on concerns that the economic recovery will take longer than hoped to take hold. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

European and Japanese funds on the outer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Funds specialising in European or Japanese shares have shrunk as investors eye opportunities in emerging markets, according to a report. A review of regional equities by Standard & Poor's found the sector had fewer strategies available than the prior ...

Sentry selects van Eyk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Research house van Eyk has signed a three-year contract with dealer firm Sentry Group, which has over $2 billion in funds under management. The deal gives Sentry's more than 185 practices, which encompass 330 financial advisers, access to iRate, van ...

CFS halts mortgage fund redemptions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Colonial First State (CFS) has told investors in the $850 million Mortgage Income fund the window to access redemptions has closed after it found a small number of mortgages within the portfolio could become bad debts. A CFS spokesperson said the firm ...

Snowball forays into funds management

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Listed financial planning group Snowball buys a portfolio construction and funds management business, Officium Capital, as part of its umbrella strategy to prepare the business ahead of new regulation in the planning industry. Snowball Group has bought ...