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Certitude eyes liquidity boost

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Increased investment in managed accounts has enabled fund manager Certitude Global Investments to lift liquidity restrictions on its HFA Diversified Investments Fund (DIF) as of June 30 2011. Certitude will remove all remaining restrictions on the $350 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
The Australian dollar has hit a fresh post-float high, following healthy local terms of trade figures released during Wednesday morning. At 1150 (AEST) on Wednesday, the local unit reached 105.85 US cents, its highest level since it was floated in December  ...

Adviser banned for life by ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Former WealthSure financial adviser, Brian William Veitch, has been banned for life from providing financial advice following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC alleges Veitch failed to comply with ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Is this the start of something big... or another dip buying op? Wall Street retreated big time last night. The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq all closed 1.1 per cent leaner. Is it perhaps investors want to gain a head start on that good 'ol adage ...

UBS staff gone, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
UBS Global Asset Management are urgently looking to replace two portfolio managers of a three-man team who have now left the Small Companies Fund. Portfolio managers John Campbell, executive director, and Jeremy Bendeich, director, are now on 'gardening ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
The Australian stock market is tipped to open higher after a mostly positive lead from Wall Street, with the focus for the week ahead expected to be on sales figures due from two major retailers. Both Woolworths Ltd and Coles owner Wesfarmers Ltd are ...

Australian Unity seals $120m debt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Australian Unity has completed its oversubscribed $100 million bond issue with the final allotment set at $120 million. The offer of unsecured notes, which started out as an $80 million fundraising, closed on April 8. Yesterday 1.2 million Australian ...

Property the key to longevity risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Listed property group Charter Hall says direct property is superior to other defensive assets in fighting a portfolio's longevity risk thanks to its ability to withstand inflation. Richard Stacker, chief executive of Charter Hall's direct property business ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
The European Central Bank had lift off! There was hardly a ripple in financial markets when the central bank of the region with a single currency went ahead and raised interest rates last week. Darn straight Virginia, the ECB has just handed down its ...

UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Management of UBS Global Asset Management's Small Companies Fund is in limbo after two members of its three-person team expressed their intention to leave. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's placed the Australian Small Companies Fund on hold due to the ...