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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street ending flat, and Europe and Asian markets closed mixed, as were key commodities. At 0733 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Investors gearing up again

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Financial advisers are increasingly on the lookout for new "stress-free" ways to introduce gearing to investor portfolios, according to Westpac Institutional Bank. The bank is developing a number of new investment strategies to suit the needs of self ...

Insurance bodies tackle longevity risk

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... advice around such products," said Carpenter. "These products require a special level of advice and it needs a special advice sale, so it is about finding the advisers that are able to advise on that sort of product." Longevity is making its way into ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... Mount Gibson Iron nudged up five cents to $2.06 after it terminated an agreement with a Chinese steel manufacturer for the sale of 80 per cent of life of mine production from the Extension Hill mine. Atlas Iron climbed nine cents to $3.79 as it said ...

HSBC targets super funds with China access

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Global banking powerhouse HSBC ramps up its local presence with the launch of Asia-centric products and a senior appointment. The main products it will be pushing are Asian equities, Asian Fixed interest and China A shares, "a highly differentiating ...

Northern Trust lands QIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Northern Trust has formed an investment operations outsourcing agreement with institutional fund manager QIC following a comprehensive due diligence and selection process. As a custody services provider, Northern Trust will provide a broad suite of ...

Building a compelling case for direct property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
The ability of direct property to deliver predictable bond-like characteristics gives it an advantage over listed vehicles, said two super fund investment experts who dismissed as over-played concerns about valuation methodologies. "In a diversified ...

AMP readies for sale to AXA SA

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AMP will have the AXA Asia business for just one day before selling it back to AXA SA on April 1. Craig Meller, managing director of AMP financial services said the "marriage of AMP and AXA Australia" was structured like property transaction with the ...

AXA releases new North

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AXA has officially launched its next generation of the North platform, revealing the upgrade to over 2,000 advisers on its roadshows this week. As previously reported by Financial Standard, the North's new generation platform builds on the capital guaranteed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from offshore markets, after Wall Street gave up early gains to finish lower, while oil and metals prices eased overnight. At 0710 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up four points at ...