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Aspen Group appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Property investment manager Aspen Group has appointed a new chief executive. Joel Cann joins Aspen from AMB Capital Partners, where he was the founding managing director; like Aspen, AMB focused on property investment via 360 Capital Property Group ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Declining bond yields, an uncertain equities landscape and an appetite for diversification are driving institutions towards alternative assets. Alex Burke investigates whether this is the right idea. When Perpetual acting general manager for regulated ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
The share market is higher as investors are buoyed by signs Greece's debt problems are set to be temporarily resolved. The positive influence of statements from Greek officials that alternative reform proposals will be drawn up ahead of an EU loan extension ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after losses on Wall Street and European stock markets overnight. At 0715 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,478. Locally on Thursday Reserve Bank assistant ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Australian stocks were flat in early trade in a resilient start to the week following solid falls in the US and Europe on Friday. The Australian share market posted a seventh straight session of gains on Friday, taking it to a new six-year high. IG ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after US stocks lost ground on Friday. The September share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,599. Wall Street stocks closed mostly lower on Friday night following a cautious appraisal ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... tune from "The Sound of Music" to himself (perhaps at the same time that his predecessor, Sir Mervyn King, is singing the blues). Whether it was sheer luck or deft handling of policies implemented by Sir King before him, the UK economy had been steadily ...

Investors find opportunity in SMSF conservative approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
Self-managed super funds (SMSF) ultra conservative approach to investment can be turned into an opportunity for investors with higher tolerance for volatility. The latest Credit Suisse equity research explains that companies forecasted to raise dividend ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... YORK - US stocks have finished a bumpy week on Friday on a high note as technology and small-cap equities shook off the blues from recent weeks and led the overall market higher. The broad-based S&P 500 closed the week on an especially dramatic note ...

Blue Sky launches first listed investment company

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to $100 million to list Australia's first diversified, alternatives-focused Listed Investment Company (LIC) on the ASX. With the listing, the company is aiming ...