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Banned adviser faces jail term

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... Services. It was during this time ASIC alleges Carll breached financial services laws, by asking the clients to sign the third party security documents. As a result of this action, over $900,000 of clients' retirement funds were held as security for ...

Brand reputation key to mandate wins

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
When choosing new managers, brand reputation is an important investment criterion for more than half of institutional investors, new research suggests. According to Cogent Research, two thirds of US institutions plan to add at least one asset manager ...

Harvard defies critics with 21% return

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... achieved if they used traditional investment models. This extra income has been crucial to the fund's sponsor because one-third of Harvard University's operating budget is paid for by fund distributions. Fund distributions also contribute to the university's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... on global market sentiment. A preliminary manufacturing report from HSBC showed that activity in China had slowed for the third straight month in September. Separately, a survey by London-based researchers Markit showed that economic activity in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... had downgraded Italy's debt to "A/A-1" from "A+/A-1+", citing economic, fiscal and political weaknesses in the eurozone's third-largest economy. Singapore added 0.86 per cent, or 23.61 points, to 2,780.84. WELLINGTON - Wellington ended flat, edging up ...

Super survey reveals need for intrafund advice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... awareness among Australians when it came to engagement and knowledge about their super. The research also found about a third of respondents (31.7%) were unsure of what super account they held and features they could be using to maximise retirement savings ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... debt crisis. The market opened 1.5 per cent higher after strong leads from US and European markets, which rallied for the third and fourth straight day respectively on Thursday. By 1200 AEST on Friday the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 79.2 points ...

UBS $2bn rogue trader in custody

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... fell 10.8% closing at SFr9.75 in Zurich, as the bank warned that the discovery could push the group into a loss for the third quarter. The US$2 billion loss equates to approximately the same amount the Swiss bank is looking to shave off its books by ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... "not a recession". But I wonder how much fudging went into his macro econometric model to come up with 0.2% growth in the third quarter and 0.1% in the last three months of 2011 - you know, just to produce a non-negative number. But with falling consumer ...

New property fund built for average earners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Australia. The Investors Club claims to have sold almost 15,000 properties to more than close to 10,000 investors with around a third of them now owning property portfolios worth more than $1 million.