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Austock extends risk service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Austock Group has set up a Treasury Risk Advisory team who will help clients effectively manage their interest rate, currency and commodity investments. The Treasury Risk Advisory team includes commodity market, interest rate and currency specialists. ...

Pengana rides global resources boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Pengana Capital's Global Resources Fund has returned almost 50 per cent net to investors and outperformed the ASX 300 Metals and Mineral Index by 13.1 per cent since March last year. The Pengana Global Resources Fund uses a range of approaches including ...

Asgard to launch alternatives to cash

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Speaking at the Securitor conference in Auckland, New Zealand, Geoff Lloyd, Asgard Wealth Solutions chief executive said the group is developing new products to help Securitor clients stay fully invested in the market instead of allocating money to ...

Securitor academy in the works

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Securitor is to set up a paraplanning academy and launch an online self assessment program to help advisers beef up on their finance knowledge and better answer the questions of clients uneasy about the state of the markets. Speaking at the Securitor ...

Super funds commit 6pc to private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Australia's largest superannuation funds have boosted their commitment to private equity investment from 4.5 per cent to 6 per cent of total assets over a three year period, according to a University of New South Wales (UNSW) survey. Conducted by UNSW ...

NAB boutique launches retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
National Australia Bank Group's boutique fund manager Northward Capital, has launched the division's first retail fund, Northward Capital Australian Equity Trust. The fund adopts a neutral investment strategy so that it can outperform in different market ...

Instos to spend big in India

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
Two thirds of Australian institutional investors polled in the Centre for Investor Education (CIE) conference about India said they expect to increase their portfolio allocation to the region in the coming year. "There are many opportunities for Australian ...

Browne & Co joins Securitor

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
The Securitor financial planning network extends its reach in New South Wales after chartered accountant, Browne & Co, joined the group. Joining the Securitor group means Browne & Co's financial planning division, BEX, can access the dealer group's ...

Broker caught after $30m insurance scam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
New South Wales insurance broker Scot Weston has pleaded guilty to four charges of dishonest conduct. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges Weston, employed as an insurance broker by Hirtes Insurance Brokers at the time ...

Baby boomers rethink retirement strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The doom and gloom of global financial markets has forced more than three quarters of baby boomers to consider changing investment strategies to boost their retirement savings, according to a Commonwealth Bank survey. The survey found almost half of ...