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Time for instos to embrace ETFs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... products that were easy to explain to investors. "We are long only, we use single country indexes, small cap warrants, corporate bonds, products that give exposure that we feel comfortable passing onto clients," he said. The ASX confirmed that fixed ...

Era of uncertainty plagues global markets

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... portfolios, namely the importance of diversification, income and principal preservation. Briscoe said that overall Asian corporate balance sheets are in good shape and the fundamental outlook was positive. "On the diversification side I think we can ...

Plum has members in its sights with new appointment

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
Tony Stewart has been appointed Head of Member Services for Plum and the MLC Group's Corporate and Institutional Wealth division. The announcement follows a number of recent appointments in Plum's Education team who will focus on working with clients ...

Grant Samuel signs US fixed income partner

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... head of retail distribution, Grant Samuel. Payden & Rygel, which has $57 billion in funds under management, invests in "corporate bonds, non-leveraged companies with good free cash flow and decent balance sheets," nurturing low volatility and low correlation ...

BTFG new head of prac mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... was head of operations for Australia and Asia at Bravura Solutions. Prior experience includes senior roles at AMP in corporate strategy and product development, and roles in paraplanning, financial planning and technical advice. The role commences today ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... directionless." Mr Weston said intra-day leads would come from the Asian markets, particularly China and Japan, as well as corporate profit reports. At 1037 AEST, BHP Billiton was down two cents at $44.10, while Rio Tinto was up 64 cents at $81.34. The ...

Signature scam adviser banned for life: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Australian Stockbroking and Advisory Services (ASANDAS) from 2006 to 2008, and was also a director of Stripe Capital, a corporate authorised representative of ASANDAS until 2009, ASIC said. Litigation funder IMF Australia is backing a Supreme Court bid ...

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Income Fund, which invests in instruments such as bank capital securities, global convertible bonds and investment grade corporate debt securities. A minimum of 50 per cent of the portfolio is investment-grade. The second is Bentham Syndicated Loan Fund ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Philadelphia-based Janney Montgomery Scott LLC to clarify. "The bright side is that there's a clear dichotomy between the health of corporate America and the economy." Duh! Tell us something we still have to know. We already know that about 80 per cent ...

Merged planning groups plot Snowball effect

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... Tony McDonald, managing director, Snowball Group. With $5.7 billion in funds under advice, Snowball focuses more on corporate clients, while Shadforth, with $8.6 billion in funds under advice, is predominantly in the high net worth clients' space. McDonald ...