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Oasis adds two groups and recovers FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Oasis Asset Management is set to increase the number of active financial planners on its platform by 60 per cent after signing on two new dealer groups and, in six months, saw funds under management (FUM) jump from $3.5 billion to $5.4 billion. Oasis ...

Property still in favour

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Planners with clients looking to rejig their asset allocation take note - more than 70 per cent of consumers are preferring property over shares, figures from Archicentre show. A snap consumer poll by Archicentre, the building advisory service of the ...

Credit Suisse launches all-round fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
Credit Suisse is ticking all the boxes for financial planning clients looking to re-enter investment markets with a capital protection product that provides exposure to Australian shares, resources stocks and Chinese securities. The Credit Suisse Performance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open moderately positive on Thursday after gains on Wall Street and European markets. At 0747 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 31 points higher at 4557. In economic ...

Patersons and Davies open fixed income shop

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
Patersons Securities has launched a specialist fixed income and hybrid securities joint venture with Bryan Davies, former chief executive and co-founder at Yellow Brick Road. The Sydney-based division, Davies & Partners, is half owned by Patersons Securities ...

Packer cuts Challenger ties

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
Consolidated Press Holdings has sold its 21 per cent stake in Challenger - ending an 11 year relationship between the Packer family and the Challenger group. James Packer offloaded his shares last Friday, prompting a large jump in Challenger's share ...

Protection without commission: JB Global

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Boutique capital protection specialist JB Global Investment Services has taken the "no commission" stance to heart and axed trail and built-in commission in all its products - relying instead on performance fees to remunerate advisers. Justin Beeton ...

Barclays owns 5pc stake in Challenger

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Barclays Global Investors has become a substantial shareholder of Challenger Financial Services with a 5.01 per cent stake in the James Packer-backed firm. In an ASX announcement yesterday, Challenger confirmed that BGI became a holder of the firm on ...

Market recovery emphasises quality managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
The recent sharemarket recovery has highlighted the need for financial planners to be even more vigilant when choosing a managed Australian equity fund. Rainmaker data found the average top 50 active Australian equities fund lost over 2 per cent while ...

Zenith rates Fairview fund 'recommended'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Zenith Investment Partners has given a 'recommended' rating to the Fairview Emerging Companies fund. Founded in August last year, Fairview Equity Partners is managed by three executive directors that also act as portfolio managers - Chris Adams, Leigh ...