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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street amid greater investor confidence the US economy can withstand an expected reduction of Federal Reserve stimulus measures. At 0811 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price ...

NAB Asset Servicing wins Prime Super contract

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
National Australia Bank's (NAB) Asset Servicing business has hung onto its contract to provide custodial services to Prime Super. The $ 1.6 billion industry fund for regional and rural Australia has been a client of NAB Asset Servicing since 2007 and ...

FSU considering options after NAB snub

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) failed to meet a deadline with the Financial Sector Union (FSU) to clarify whether sacked employees would be entitled to their Short Term Incentives [STIs] and now faces further action from the union. The Financial Sector ...

ETF Securities launches product creation service

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
ETF Securities has launched CANVAS, a new service enabling asset managers from around the world to build and launch exchange-traded funds in Europe. The white-labelling service includes the ability to build ETFs using ETF Securities' infrastructure ...

Hedge fund maestro Hintze voices concern over regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Tighter regulation poses the greatest challenge to the hedge fund industry, according to Australian industry legend Sir Michael Hintze. Speaking at the Alternative Investment Management Association's Hedge Fund Forum in Sydney this week, Hintze said ...

Accounting and advice practices likely to increase mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... advisers willing to acquire accounting practices as they need to become registered tax agents under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009. Birt said that a benefit of buying accounting practices is that their financial planning fees are mainly fee-for-service ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street again made marked gains on strong Chinese economic data and greater confidence the US may not launch a strike on Syria. At 0753 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...

AUI appoints unlisted property portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has appointed Cathy Ciurlino as healthcare property portfolio manager within its unlisted property funds management business. She will be responsible for managing the properties held by AUI's flagship property fund ...

Advisers' "bickering" looks unprofessional

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
Advisers should try to be less emotional and stop "bickering" with each other if they want to look professional to their clients, a Financial Planning Association (FPA) board member said. FPA board member Peter O'Toole said that he wishes to see "an ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
It's a wonderful set of numbers. Well...errr, it depends.A It depends whether you're an Abbott supporter or anti-Rudd crusader.A Whoops!A That means the same thing. Nah! That's not a Freudian slip.A I'm still deciding whether to go with the Australian ...