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Russell adds Plato

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
Plato Investment Group's 130/30 Australian Share Fund has been granted a 15 per cent weighting on Russell Investment Group Australian Opportunities Fund. The Australian Shares 130/30 Fund endeavors to achieve five per cent gross out performance each ...

Aussie investors jump on emerging markets iShares

Barely three months in the market but the newly launched exchange traded funds (ETFs) by Barclays Global Investors (BGI) called iShares are fast gaining traction, with emerging markets iShares on top of the list for investors. The latest BGI report ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks advanced on Monday as investors snapped up beaten-down financial shares on news of the latest injection of funds into a major global bank. Expectations of a Federal Reserve interest-rate ...

CG not a priority for mid-caps

Listed companies in the mid-cap sector run the risk of being ignored by corporate governance-conscious institutional investors after a new report found that only two out of 150 mid-cap companies have adopted 'best practice' CG standards. The 2007 BDO ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher, taking its lead from Wall Street. At 0654 on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 61 points at 6598. In corporate news today, Bank of Queensland holds its annual general ...

iMap spearheads MA education

The Institute of Managed Accounts Providers (iMap) wraps up its first year as the peak body for managed accounts with a growing membership base and a clear strategy on its education and compliance-focused initiatives for 2008. Speaking at the final ...

BT float sold out

Westpac closed its shareholder offer of shares in BT Investment Management Limited yesterday, ahead of the December 3 closing date, after receiving "strong support" from its shareholders. Applications received by the share registry before November 28 ...

The unpopular outperformer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
SGH20, a fund managed by SG Hiscock & Company has received little platform interest despite being the best performing Australian large cap blended fund in the last 12 months, returning more than 58 per cent. Launched in October 2004, Rainmaker data ...

SMSFs save via industry fund schemes

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Industry super funds' direct share investment options are tempting some self managed super funds (SMSFs) to rollover their accounts to save themselves the administration burdens and still keep the flexibility. Julie Lander, CARE Super chief executive ...

K2 floats on $20 million

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
K2 Asset Management's delayed initial public offering (IPO) has closed oversubscribed, giving the company a $20.48 million early Christmas present. K2 sold the nine per cent slice at $1.05 per share, giving the company a $228.6 million market cap from ...