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World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
European Union laws that come into effect next year will allow Australian fund managers to invest funds for overseas investors with less admin headaches. It's the new world breaking into the old world. Australian fund managers, many of whom could trace ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Finally! That source of international angst and condemnation, that much debated, much awaited Chinese currency revaluation is coming! It's good news for financial markets. Positive speculation abound after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) posted the ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Flatline. That's what you'll see when you look at Wall Street's pulse monitor this morning. I would be too if faced with the same old, same old daily boring stuff that financial market agents look at everyday. While we were sleeping, a raft of economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
The Australian share market is set for a strong opening after Wall Street posted its highest close in nearly a month on stronger industrial and technology stocks. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 68 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon, with losses in the resources and energy stocks dominating share movements. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.4 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 4,500.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Class Financial warns against poor SMSF admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
Class Financial Systems, an SMSF software platform provider warns planners against companies posing as SMSF administrators but don't have the right systems in place and could potentially lock planning groups into inflexible and pricey agreements. Class ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
State Street Global has acquired an exclusive license from Standard & Poor's to list and trade SPDR Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on the S&P/ASX 200. The S&P/ASX 200 is the primary gauge for the Australian equity market. It tracks the prices of ...

INGIM tackles retail, welcomes regulatory changes

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
Steven Billiet, chief executive of less than six months at ING Investment Management in Australia, gives an update on the firm's distribution strategy and says the company is well-placed to compete with the incumbents amid regulatory reforms. Billiet ...

JANA adds to investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
JANA Investment Advisers has hired two investment managers and welcomed back another. The asset consultant appointed Domien Beckers to the firm's portfolio construction and research team. Beckers joins the firm from Vanguard where he spent four years ...

Tide turns in industry vs retail fund performance

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
The latest APRA superannuation performance figures suggest a reversal of fortunes in super land, with retail funds returning nearly 21 per cent over the year to March, ahead of industry funds' 16 per cent. Prudential watchdog APRA released its latest ...