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New benchmarks act like analysts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
An experimental index-filtering exchange-traded fund could one day put professional stock-pickers out of a job, the product's developer has said. Investment services firm Russell Investments has developed a series of portfolio construction tools with ...

More tailored advice for baby boomers: Salt

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Financial advisers who abandon the 'one-size-fits-all' approach when serving their baby boomer clients are better positioned to grow their business, said Bernard Salt, KPMG partner. Speaking at a Challenger briefing, Salt told over 300 planners and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
The Australian market has received mixed to positive leads from offshore trading over the weekend. Wall Street indices were higher, but oil and copper were lower. Precious metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0712 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Gone in 18 days! The New Year's fresh events risk that was Egypt has gone with the departure of the country's strongman. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been ultimately forced to abandon the throne his bum had been glued onto for 30 years by 18-days ...

Aviva Investors outlines top tips for 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Solid earnings growth should propel Australian stocks higher next year, while US bond yields could be set for sharp increases as investors become more confident and shift back into equities. These are the views of Aviva Investors, who believes the local ...

Instreet appoints Brant to its board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Instreet Investment adds a former Merrill Lynch director to its board. Graeme Brant has joined the board for the investment house to assist in the creation and execution of Instreet's strategic plan to grow in the niche financial services market. Brant ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
When bad news... Those who've already done their weekend reading probably know what I'm going to write about. Yes, it's the US private non-farm payrolls report for September - the one that shows that jobs in America are still hard to come by. Overall ...

Abacus funds head exits

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
Tom Hardwick, the director of funds management at Abacus Property Group, has resigned to concentrate on his personal investments in childcare. According to an ASX statement from last week, Hardwick resigned and Abacus Property Group head of strategy ...

Rainmaker unveils winners of the 2010 Marketing Excellence Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
AustralianSuper, Principal Global Investors and AMP were among the winners of last night's 16th Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards held at the Shangri-La in Sydney. More than 160 attendees, many of whom are sales and marketing specialists in financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Prospects are looking up for the Australian market when it opens on Thursday morning, with a late surge on Wall Street ending in a positive finish to the day's trade after earlier losses. Precious metals and oil were higher, too, although base metals ...