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Platforms bounce back 7.9 pc

... under advice jumped 7.9 per cent during the June quarter, recording their first lift in 18 months. The combined platform market at $331 billion is, however, still down 19 per cent from its $410 billion September 2007 peak, noted Rainmaker in its just ...

SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... jurisdictions outside their own government's will need to take a pro-active stance that is "politically acceptable" and "market-friendly". To toe the line, Rozanov said SWFs could join forces with other institutional investors and activist hedge funds ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... few months ago, this column argued that by the time the headlines declare that the GFC is no more, the bulk of the equity market gains have all been gained. And just yesterday, I reminded readers - again - of Wall Street's age-old adage of "not fighting ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... productive capacity in the future. We are now at a critical juncture when governments must delicately balance the competing forces of continuing to nurture the fledgling recovery and buckling under popular pressure to stop spending. Protectionism, competitive ...

Praemium and Heffron join forces

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... portfolio administration provider, Praemium Limited has joined self-managed superannuation administration firm Heffron to market services to the SMSF market. Heffron offers an integrated suite of SMSF services, which Praemium said was complementary to ...

Snowden departure forces ratings review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... said the firm had already met Andrew Nicholas and support staff which includes Antoinette Platter. "We've been aware of market murmurs around John Snowden for the past few months so we've been having independent reviews with Andrew Nicholas and Antoinette ...

Outsourcing the next boom market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... Meanwhile the quality of telecommunications infrastructure, accent and language skills of local employees were the driving forces of companies deciding to outsource locally. But offshoring is also expected to go through some boom times, according to ...

Contributions, efficiencies still matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... would be a problem if people were allocated into the top performing funds". "Not only do retail commissions distort the market towards poorly performing funds, it forces a focus on short term performance. It also detracts attention away from unlisted ...

Industry unites for super message

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... message to investors and retirees. The Superannuation Stakeholder Group produced a communiquA(C) which covers the equity market crisis, its effect on superannuation and reiterates superannuation as a long term investment. The Investment & Financial Services ...

Patersons and Tolhurst join forces

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... have more than 400 employees, 370,000 clients and will rank in the top 20 of Australian stockbrokers by the measure of market turnover, said Patersons. The expanded Patersons will continue to operate with a strong balance sheet, no debt and negligible ...