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Trio director offers EU to APRA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Former Trio Capital Limited (Trio) director, Natasha Beck, has acknowledge her part in the firm's collapse and offered an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which it has accepted. Faced with a possible ...

Strong cash flow doubles Countplus dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Strong cash flow at growing financial services group Countplus has underpinned a maiden dividend which is double that of forecasts, it announced to the stock exchange today. The 4c dividend announcement comes as the group continues its strategy of buying ...

Long-term strategies pay off for investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Long-term investment strategies offer better returns, while Australian equities are beating residential investment property as the best performing asset for the last 20 years. In the 13th Russell Investments/ASX Long-Term Investing Report, released ...

Advisers turn from managed funds to ETFs: BetaShares

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
The rise of exchange traded funds (ETF) is putting pressure on active fund managers and attracting financial advisers, according to a new ETF report released today. The BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report predicts that ETF investor numbers will ...

No change to Korea, Taiwan status: MSCI

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
Fund managers will not need to rebalance their investment weightings as global index provider MSCI today announced it would not upgrade South Korea and Taiwan from emerging market to developed market status. The move has been under discussion for years ...

PIF Action Group lands Federal Court win

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
The Federal Court has sided with the Premium Income Fund Action Group (PIFAG) against Brisbane-based Wellington Capital Limited, finding Wellington breached corporations law in its role as management and trustee for the Premium Income Fund. Yesterday ...

HFA's Lighthouse wins $500m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
HFA Holdings wholly-owned US subsidiary, Lighthouse Investment Partners, has been awarded a $500 million asset management and advice mandate, positioning the firm to further advance in the global pension fund space. HFA Holdings, an Australian holding ...

BT Investment Management wins $61m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
Advance Asset Management has awarded a $61.5 million new mandate to BT Investment Management for the Australian property sector after becoming disenchanted with the former investment managers. The charter was awarded in the March quarter, according ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
In case you missed it, former US Federal Reserve Alan 'el maestro' Greenspan has just declared Greece dead - well, almost. No way out. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Greenspan declared that the "chances of Greece not defaulting are very ...

AMP wins $113m new mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
AMP Capital Investors has won a $113 million superannuation mandate from industry fund Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme. The new charter was apportioned in the March quarter according to Rainmaker Research. Energy Industries, a public sector ...