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In Kerr Neilson we trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... research found. An Investment Trends survey of 648 financial planners found 56 per cent of planners listed Platinum in their top three preferred international fund managers in 2008. This figure rose to 65 per cent in 2009. The second most popular international ...

Life insurance consolidation could hurt consumers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... cent, with Tower ranking fourth at 14.1 per cent, and AIA, BT/Westpac and National Australia/MLC taking their places in the top three. On group risk inflows, Tower ranked fourth behind AIA Australia, CommInsure and ING Australia to report $252 million ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market has received mixed to negative leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing lower and metals and energy prices mixed. At 0823 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 14 points ...

Van Eyk appoints analysts

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... Ellerston Capital as a senior investment analyst for the fund of funds team where he managed global long-short equity managers, top down strategy and asset allocation. He covered global equities from 2005 to early 2008 as a senior investment analyst ...

Tyndall head moves to Industry Funds Management

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
Fund manager Tyndall Investment Management's managing director Brett Himbury has resigned to take on the top post at Industry Funds Management (IFM). Craig Hobart, the group's head of retail since 2007, has been appointed interim managing director of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
The Australian share market received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities and metals prices firmer. At 0815 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 40 points at ...

GMO head of Aussie equities departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... group's domestic equities team. Geoff Wells, who was previously senior quantitative research analyst, has been promoted to the top job effective this week. In his new role, he will be managing more than a third of GMO Australia's total funds under management ...

Asia unseats South Africa in gold race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... Survey Update. Despite South Africa's lower output, the African region overall saw growth by 4 per cent. Four of the world's top ten global output increases stemmed from the region, led by a doubling in output in Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the fastest ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... cent (a,-950bil). That's just the PIGS. Add Italy at 23 per cent (a,-347bn) and Eastern Europe's and the total could easily top a,-2 trillion. And in case you missed it, that's in euros -- which translates to approximately US$2.8 tril. Japanese bonds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from overseas markets, with Wall Street's main indices themselves mixed but oil and metals prices higher. At 0650 AEDT the on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract ...