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Pinnacle boutique launches $250m LIC offer

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017

A Pinnacle affiliate has launched the initial public offering for a new small cap listed investment vehicle. Spheria Asset Management is aiming to raise up to $250 million for Spheria Emerging Companies Limited (SEC), which will invest in a portfolio ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017

... date, the All Ordinaries index is up 0.9%. Never mind comparing it to the S&P 500 index - up 10.6% for the year - but the All Ords has not even produced even half of the FTSE100's 5.2% gain (despite lingering Brexit uncertainty); nor the Nikkei225's ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017

Hawkish central bank speaks may have damped equity market sentiment in towards the dying days of June, but Australian equities less so - the All Ordinaries index outperformed (up 0.05% over the month) both developed market equities (down 3.17%) and ...

Retirement fears herald advice opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016

... of assets held in APRA-regulated funds as a result of unstable financial markets and a poor overall performance of the ALL ORDS. A further 30% of the 20,800 members surveyed said they are "somewhat confident"; though the majority of respondents said ...

Aberdeen appoints sales manager from AMP

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015

Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed a new regional sales manager. Luke Mandekic joins Aberdeen's distribution team from AMP, where he was a model portfolio manager for AMP Advice Research. Prior to that, he was an investment analyst at AXA. "Luke ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015

... days more than half of what they lost in the three months to 30 September. "Bloody Monday" (24 August) - the day the All Ords dropped by more than 4%, S&P 500 index went into a correction, Chinese equities recorded their biggest one-day dive since June ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015

... Danger! Pick a stock market, any stock market, chances are it is now in correction territory - Dow, Stoxx 600, FTSE-100, All Ords, Strait Times, Jakarta Composite, Taiex, KLCI, PSEi - or in a bear market -- Hang Seng - or highly volatile - Shanghai Composite ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015

... from January 1999 - the time when the Nasdaq in rally mode but before the rally went exponential - you'll see that the All Ords has appreciated by 110.9% to date. This compares with the S&P 500 index's 73.1% gain and the Dow's 97.1% -- and they had a ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015

... orders? Or, not enough buy-ops. Equity markets closed down, a bit, - the S&P 500 closed down by an eye-watering 0.4%; the All Ords by 1.2%; and in Europe (the epicentre of the Greek tragi-comedy), the Stoxx 600 "plunged" by 1.2% and the FTSE-100 was ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015

... meaning to that aged-old "sell in May..." adage, 'ey? Those who did and went away, avoided the 6.2% loss registered by the All Ords from the end of April to yesterday. To be sure, there could be more losses along the way. The Greek crisis remains fluid ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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