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APRA post super assets at $1.23tr

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Superannuation assets fell by $31.3 billion for the June quarter, according to APRA's latest Quarterly Superannuation Performance report. Total assets declined by 2.5 per cent ($31.3 billion) during the June quarter while performance rate of super assets ...

LICs versus ETFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
The issue of LICs and their younger cousin ETFs has risen yet again with a new Russell Investment report comparing the two investment vehicles, urging planners to look into ETFs as a new investment option. The benefits of such options include no entry ...

Praemium SMARTwrap signs AFS

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
Technology provider Praemium announced in a statement to the ASX today that its SMARTwrap platform has won its first approval from a national dealer group - Australian Financial Services group (AFS), barely a month after launching. Based on Praemium's ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The outlook for Australian trading on Wednesday is positive, despite Wall St finishing flat and record falls on Tuesday in Tokyo. European markets were higher overnight, and precious metals were up, too. Oil and copper fell. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney ...

Abacus funds head exits

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
Tom Hardwick, the director of funds management at Abacus Property Group, has resigned to concentrate on his personal investments in childcare. According to an ASX statement from last week, Hardwick resigned and Abacus Property Group head of strategy ...

Milton and Choiseul to merge

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The proposed merger of Milton Corporation Limited and Choiseul Investments Limited would create an investment company with $2 billion in assets and more than 18,000 shareholders. Under the deal, Choiseul shareholders will receive a fully franked special ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The Australian share market has received mixed to positive leads from offshore trading overnight. US stock indices were higher, Europe equities were mixed, and metals and oil, too, returned mixed results. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

DKN prepares for big reforms ahead

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
DKN chief executive Phil Butterworth said the financial services group is well positioned to benefit from new reforms in the industry after posting a 23.4 per cent underlying profit increase to $7.64 million in the year to June. The financial services ...

Count posts double digit profits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Planning group Count Financial has reported a 24 per cent jump in net profits after tax to $24 million for the year ending 30 June, and it expects its double-digit growth to continue this financial year. In ASX statements released today, Count Financial ...

ETFs hit trillion dollar milestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
The global exchange traded fund (ETF) industry hit the US$1 trillion mark this month and product providers predict the launch of fixed income ETFs this year and next will drive the sector's mainstream appeal. At the end of July 2010, the global ETF ...