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Challenger to open redemptions on mortgage fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010

... The mortgage funds sector, already bleeding from investors taking money out due to the GFC, took another beating after a spike in withdrawals. This in turn prompted all the major mortgage funds to freeze redemptions and it is only in the past year that ...

More planners bypass managed funds: study

ELISE BURGESS | TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010

Fund managers are put on notice in a recent investment study that found a growing number of planners are placing their clients' funds into direct shares, ETFs, REITs and SMAs, leaving only a fraction of inflows into traditional managed funds. The survey ...

Insurance industry on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010

... second quarter compared with the first quarter of the year. Bilbie pointed out this figure is a "natural correction" after a spike in adviser recruitment during the first quarter. "Employer confidence in the advice sector is still strong," he said.

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010

... doom, here it is. Europe is slowing global growth into a recession. Tension in the Middle East would cause oil prices to spike. And with BP still unable to plug its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, precious supply is being lost. Higher oil price equals ...

Liar

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010

"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808) Greece has just climb 10 notches up crap creek when Eurostat - the European Union's official Statistician - called it a liar. Eurostat revealed last ...

Payment Adviser tech gains momentum

COMPANY RELEASE | WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010

A recent ruling by the US Federal Reserve has seen a spike in international inquiries for technology solutions created by Australian financial technology company, Payment Adviser. Payment Adviser's technology is used to enable global wire services to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010

... NEW YORK - The Federal Reserve's mildly upbeat take on the US economy and its pledge to hold interest rates low sparked a spike in stocks shortly before Wall Street trading closed on Wednesdy. During late afternoon trading, the Fed said that businesses ...

Tale of two extremes

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010

"Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it." How often have we heard this - and variation of this -- "wise saying" before? Many, many, many times. But for financial markets, remembering history on the second week of March 2010 has ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010

... per cent over the same period. Inflation rose to 2.7 per cent in February from 1.5 per cent in the previous month. But the spike is "weather-related" and according to PboC Deputy Governor Su Ning, " the arrival of spring and good weather, the seasonable ...

Asia unseats South Africa in gold race

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010

... growing weight of investment money is poised to enter the gold market in the first half of 2010. The result is a likely spike in gold prices, arguably to new record highs, said GFMS. Investor demand will come amid fears of a double dip recession, continuing ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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