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Perpetual divests to focus on international equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Perpetual Limited has closed its in-house manufacturing of their International Share funds (funds) in Ireland and moved across the Atlantic to US firm, Wellington Management Company. A review of the firm's market demand, profitability and alignment ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ahhh, finally some peace. Given Wall Street's straight gains over these past three trading days, many could be forgiven for wondering what just happened last week. Fear now, search for explanations later - that's what happened last week. For despite ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
And so here we are ladies and gents. Very much unsure of where financial markets are gonna go. In times like these, it becomes so easy to get swept up by the mood of the mob. Someone shouts "sell" and everybody rush to the exits - never mind why, we ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Chinese demand for Australian resources was likely to fall, investment bank JP Morgan said yesterday. Jing Ulrich, chair of global markets, China, for JP Morgan, said China had to contend with imbalances in its economy in the medium to long term. Speaking ...

BTFG launches TV ads to ease investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
BT Financial Group's chief economist, Dr Chris Caton, is appearing on televisions nationwide today with a call for calm in the investor community to prevent rash decisions in light of market uncertainty. The one-off television advertising campaign features ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
"I started a joke, which started the whole world crying..." -Bee Gees Just when the Fed appeared to have quieted things down, someone screamed, 'boo'. And in the current jittery state the financial markets are in - investors will shoot first and ask ...

PC disability insurance final report released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
The Productivity Commission (PC) has released its final report into the Disability Care and Support review and re-affirmed its recommendations that the government should establish fully-funded social insurance schemes to commence in 2015. While not ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
Time to say good buy or goodbye? Is this the best of times or is this the worst of times? The dreaded DD (double-dip) is back on the headlines. So is the R (recession). And with them comes Armageddon. I think Armageddon is most fitting in this case ...

ANZ fears regulation could hamper scaled advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
ANZ Wealth head Paul Barrett believes that the current definitions of 'best interest' advice could halt the industry's migration into the world of scaled advice. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) conference, Barrett spoke of the need ...

Super funds hit back at anti-carbon tax groups

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds and fund managers have warned against the advertising campaign against the carbon tax, with concerns it's misleading the public and threatening a shareholder resolution. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), responsible for ...