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UK platform assets rise 25 pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
In a sign that UK investors could be more confident in the local equity market, one of the largest independent financial planning platforms in region has hit over $30 billion in assets under administration, rising by 25 per cent since the start of the ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Self-managed super fund trustees are now placing blue chip shares on the top of their buying list after brushing off last year's market carnage, research shows. With markets on an upward trajectory and investor sentiment turning towards the positive ...

Switching super funds on the rise: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
The number of active super fund members looking to switch funds has risen over nine months to July, with the number of industry fund members thinking of changing funds almost doubling, a survey found. An Investment Trends report found the number of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open higher after US stocks and metals prices gained overnight. At 0724 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 28 points higher at 4460. In economic news on Friday ...

Russell appoints Liddell as head of IC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
Russell Investments has appointed the former QIC head of implemented equities Greg Liddell as its new head of investment consulting for Australia. Liddell will spearhead a renewed focus on investment consulting in Australia as part of Russell's restructured ...

CFD demand rises with equities recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are staging a comeback and, in the last 12 months, there was a power shift among the largest players too, new research found. Research firm Investment Trends released its latest annual report on the sector, canvassing ...

Better insurance tech from IRESS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
CommInsure and IRESS have unveilled a new service that includes real-time insurance premium validation and the delivery of in-force policy information to the adviser desktop. The initiative will allow advisers to confirm the premium returned by IRESS' ...

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
Oh boy! Wall Street is setting itself up for disappointment round 2. Cling! Cling! With the economic environment still challenging at best and recovery in a galaxy far, far away US equities - and by extension, equities everywhere else - would be hard ...

Positive surprise beats Meredith's surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
And it's off...and they're running. The second quarter US earnings reporting season is off...and so far, company results are running ahead of expectations. Wall Street continued to travel night while we were sleeping. The S&P 500 closed 0.5 per cent ...

NAB and Aviva rule platform land

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
NAB's acquisition of Aviva Australia's Navigator business will create the largest platform provider with $69 billion in funds under management and more than 2,900 advisers using its services. NAB, which announced it had agreed to purchase Aviva Australia's ...