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Lonsec hands Solaris top rating

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Boutique Australian equities manager Solaris Investment Management's Core Australian Equity Fund has received a 'Highly Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The rating applies to both the retail and performance fee option, which are style neutral strategies ...

Antares makes global bond fund management appointment

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Antares Fixed Income has appointed Mark Nordio as its new global bond fund manager. Nordio comes from BlackRock where he was director and portfolio manager for fixed interest, with responsibility for both domestic and global bonds. In his new role ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar rose almost one US cent as traders position themselves in preparation for the weekend's crucial eurozone summit. Overnight, Greek members of parliament passed a deeply resented austerity bill that has led to violent protests on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
The Australian share market lost more ground during intra-day trading, with mining stocks falling on a negative outlook for iron ore prices. The major indices opened around one per cent lower and by midday had marked deeper losses. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Retail annuity sales boost Challenger results

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Challenger Life's retail annuity sales rose 13% in the quarter ending September 30, totalling $509 million for the three months. This was the biggest quarterly total the company has had, excluding one-off transactions. Challenger Life's total annuity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street closed down. At 0717 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 37 points at 4,181. In economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank assistant governor ...

First State Super chief handles furore over tech security

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
First State Super has told Financial Standard it will not be pursuing legal proceedings against the 'goodwill hacker' who exposed a security flaw in its system, with the two parties to instead resolve any issues together. Michael Dwyer, chief executive ...

Matrix adds new member firm

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
Matrix Planning Solutions has added Sydney based Macquarie Partners Financial Advisory to its existing network of member firms. Established two years ago by business principal and managing director Sunhee Hres, Macquarie Partners Financial Advisory ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after the European and US markets went into the red overnight. At 0655 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,233. No major economic news is expected ...

Matrix alerts AustralianSuper of plans to sell

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
Matrix Financial Solutions is looking for an investor to acquire 100% of the planning business to help implement new strategic ideas in a post FOFA environment. Shareholders and advisers are behind the decision to sell the business according to managing ...