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Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has halved its 30 per cent allocation to cash in three months - with alternative assets getting the biggest boost in allocation following the move. The Future Fund's allocation to cash in September stood at 31.6 per cent ...

Bird to step down as CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Andrew Bird, chief executive at Morningstar Australasia, is stepping down from the role at the end of March. Bird will serve in an advisory role after he leaves this position. "Now that Aspect Huntley and Morningstar have been fully-integrated, I'm ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Not happy Jan! Mr. Market still refuses to put on his happy hat. You and I Virginia would have thought that with the big positive developments that has transpired last week, Mr. Market wouldn't be worrying at being happy and Wall Street would at the ...

Citigroup Wealth Advisers broker banned

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
ASIC has banned Melbourne broker Mark McKenzie, previously employed by Citigroup Wealth Advisers, from providing financial services for three years. ASIC found that between 26 July and 8 August 2006, he possessed inside information regarding a possible ...

PIMCO senior exec to head Janus

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Janus Capital Group has appointed the former chief operating officer at PIMCO, Richard Weil, as chief executive effective next month. The group's chair Steve Scheid said the board chose Weil because of his work at PIMCO, including setting up the German ...

ASIC bans planner pushing dodgy docos

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
A financial adviser who gave his clients false disclosure documents was slapped with a five-year ban from providing financial services. ASIC has banned Joshua David Fuoco of Prahran, Victoria from providing financial services after the regulator's investigation ...

Star ratings face predictability test

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Research group Morningstar has rebutted a US study that suggested its ratings system failed or virtually lost all of its predicted ability when measured over a full market cycle. In early December, Advisor Perspectives, a US-based investment trends ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Another month, another good jobs report. Yes, ladies and gents, Australia's labour market continues to improve. The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest tally showing that jobs downunder increased by 31,200 in November ...

IRESS adds Asteron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Subscribers to XPLAN Risk Researcher now have the ability to obtain real-time binding quotes relating to Asteron's Lifeguard risk product range. IRESS has included Asteron as an insurer to support IRESS' real-time insurance premium validation functionality. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas trading overnight, with Wall Street indices flat, precious metals mixed and oil flat. At 0805 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 34 points lower ...