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Market Vectors to launch equal weight ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... are 77 Australian securities that are all equally weighted in the Market Vectors Australia Equal Weight Index, including the big banks such as Commonwealth Bank and Westpac, the big miners such as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, as well as smaller securities ...

Not-for-profit investors value non-alignment: Hamilton

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... year ago he did not believe his firm would be able to compete in the not-for-profit arena, given the specialist expertise of big players like UBS and JB Were. "I underestimated the power of our independence in that respect," he said. He said charitable ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... lifted 92 cents, or 1.35 per cent, to $68.82 and Fortescue had jumped seven cents, or 1.23 per cent, to $5.77, However, the big four banks had a mixed start. Commonwealth Bank was down $1.60, or 2.11 per cent, at $74.39, but ANZ was up 29 cents, or 0.93 ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
"There's a reason for the sunshinin' sky There's a reason why I'm feeling so high Must be the season when that love light shines all around us..." - Bellamy Brothers Quite fitting don't you think? Equity markets everywhere felt the 'love' on the week ...

Matrix to focus on attracting aligned advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... Pieter Franzen told Financial Standard. "There are advice firms living under large institutional companies controlled by the big banks and it is clear that there is an opportunity to offer these people a home." Franzen told Financial Standard that Di ...

Member direct investment at "high water mark": AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... "blend" of SMSF and professionally-run funds, and had therefore lost their "mission clarity", adding: "I must admit, I'm not a big fan."

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... throughout the day. "I can't see a major downside in any of the major banks, given that we're coming into dividend season." The big four banks were mixed. Commonwealth Bank shares were down 46 cents at $75.74, National Australia Bank had dropped 15 cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... higher at $30.85, Westpac had gained two cents to $32.25, and the National Australia Bank had lifted 12 cents to $34. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton had climbed 43 cents to $36.98, Rio Tinto added 86 cents to $67.50 while iron ore miner Fortescue ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... cents to $36.46, Rio Tinto had lost 52 cents to $66.50 while iron ore miner Fortescue was four cents lower at $5.55. Among the big banks, the Commonwealth Bank was slightly up by 0.5 cents to $74.855 while Westpac had lost 16 cents to $31.61, ANZ was ...

CSIRO to study super spending habits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... could work smarter," CSIRO research leader Alan Dormer said. He explained that the way retirees spend their super makes a big difference to the type of risk they take when selecting your investment options. As part of the $9 million initiative, the Melbourne-based ...