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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
The Australian market is receiving no strong leads on Tuesday morning, with Wall Street closed for a public holiday. On the ASX 24 at 0629 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was three points higher at 4,748. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Top mandate winners woo super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... number of mandates completed over a year to the end of last September was 291 - a 40 per cent drop from the year to September '09. This shows that asset owners are yet to re-enter the mandate market in full force, after intense strategy reviews during ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
While tragic events in Queensland have forced the likes of Suncorp and IAG to brace themselves for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of claims, Dai-ichi Life's holiday takeover bid for Tower Australia is likely to have a more lasting effect on the ...

Platforms climb back from GFC to $399bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
Platform funds under advice (FUA) climbed 9.5 per cent to $399 billion in the 12 months to end September 2010, confirming they have fully recovered their GFC losses, reveals research just released by Rainmaker. This platform growth broadly matched superannuation's ...

RBF-Tas makes senior appointments

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
The $3.6 billion RBF-Tasmania has hired former Connect Credit Union executive Nick Connor as chief operations officer, and made two other internal senior appointments after a restructure of its executive model. Connor has over 20 years management experience ...

Chinese fund on BT Investment Wrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
Adviser demand leads to the All Star Nomura China Fund being made available through BT Investment Wrap. Available today, the fund will have a medium-term investment strategy for the portfolio that is focused on bottom-up stock selection. Kate Mulligan ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... growth in retail sales up by 7.7 per cent in November following equally robust gains in October (up 8.0 per cent) and September (up 7.7 per cent). It also marked the 13th straight month of gains. This is good news and confirms that the US economy is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key securities indices higher, along with precious and base metals and oil. On the ASX 24 at 0711 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Australia's funds management market climbed 2 per cent in the September quarter to reach $1.374 trillion, but over the year it grew only 1 per cent, reveals analysis by Rainmaker. This lacklustre growth in FUM contrasts with the 8 per cent growth in ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Poor little rich kid. If you look at the performance of the Australian stock market since the start of the year and nothing else, you would be forgiven for concluding that the economy downunder is not enjoying the cheer of this yuletide season, no siree. ...