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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell on poor Black Friday sales and a China manufacturing slowdown. At 0819 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,227. US sales came in less ...

Centric Wealth adds Vinva to Australian equity portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... Fund. This 'equitised long-short' strategy invests in a core exposure of long securities and derivative instruments from the ASX 200 offset with some short positions. Until now, the strategy had before only been available to institutional investors with ...

Lonsec awards 'Recommended' rating to property ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... and manages approximately US$32 billion in investor assets as of 31 October, 2014. "Since launching our first funds on the ASX in October 2013, we have seen strong demand for MVA from investors that are actively seeking income and capital growth from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... Value Index, all for November. The Governance Institute's national conference, including speakers ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft, ASX executive and chief compliance officer Kevin Lewis and APRA deputy chair Ian Laughlin, is on in Brisbane. In equities news ...

Challenger Care Annuity sales suspended

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... care, had "been incorrectly assessed in the past resulting in incorrect social security payments". In an announcement to the ASX, Challenger said it expects the DSS's decision will reduce the age pension paid to most of the DSS clients who are also investors ...

Super returns dip in September quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... retail funds - goes some way to explaining the overall lower returns. These weak returns reflect a very poor quarter for the ASX 200, which saw negative returns of -0.6%, according to Rainmaker figures. September was a particularly weak month, returning ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after the OPEC oil cartel decided not to cut output despite a supply gut and falling crude prices. At 0825 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,397. Wall ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a lacklustre performance on Wall Street after the release of disappointing economic data. At 0908 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was unchanged at 5,407. The US ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the parliamentary agreement between the Coalition and Labor to fix the unintended consequences of scrapping grandfathering from the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said investors appeared to be taking advantage of recent price slides. The S&P/ASX 200 has lost more than 2.5 per cent so far in November. "I think there's been some pretty good value around; fundamentally ...