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Cautious bulls predict solid earnings season

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Fund managers from Treasury Group's boutique portfolio have forecast a cautiously positive outlook for the upcoming earnings season. FrankVillante, chief investment officer of Celeste Funds Management, a small-cap Australian stock specialist, said he ...

Aberdeen eyes insto cash for new Asian property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Aberdeen Asset Management is looking to raise US$300-US$400 million from institutional investors with the launch of a new Asian property fund of funds. The closed ended fund of funds, Aberdeen's Asset Management Asia's third, aims to build a portfolio ...

Hidden threat may lurk on bank balance sheets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
Real estate investors with interest only loans are the biggest threat to Australia's Big Four bank balance sheets, a senior equities analyst has said. While public attention has been captured by the Greek sovereign debt crisis and falling demand for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... rescue fund - contingent on Greece passing crash budget measures - as negotiations on a new rescue package went into high-gear. In Italy, the spread between Italian and German 10-year bonds hit 212 basis points - their highest level since the creation ...

Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Super funds aggregate wealth better than the stock market and it's time the nation harnessed that firepower, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Speaking at an IFM superannuation forum yesterday, Weaven said it's the job of trustees ...

Alpha aims to lure planners with flexi gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Alpha Structured Investments has teamed up with French bank Societe Generale (SG) to create a new flexible gearing product, due to be launched to the Australian market later this month. Financial advisers were invited to a soft launch of the Alpha Super ...

Planning pracs down 10pc value

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The value of financial planning practices has fallen by 10 per cent since the recent FOFA announcement, according to adviser survey results. Consulting firm, Radar Results, has released data based on the firm's valuers which have reduced EBIT multiples ...

Planners hungry for geared investments - Westpac

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Financial advisers are stepping up their interest in gearing linked products, according to Westpac, which recently completed an investor road show across Australia. The roadshow attracted over 700 advisers, as well as some of their clients, with high ...

Alpha puts its money where its mouth is

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Alpha Structured Investments (Alpha) is tackling the big issues - how advisers can address client investment concerns and find the products that will re-ignite their desire to invest. Alpha is holding a half-day seminar, '2011 Tax Effective Investing ...

AUI to draw planners with new property ratings

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) plans to use recent positive research ratings on its Diversified Property Fund to attract financial planners and retail investors to its $40 million rights issue, due to close on June 30. The Diversified Property Fund ...