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Australia's funds industry lacks leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... peer comparisons. "You have the world's most cultured and intelligent pension system, credit where it's due, but you have pretty much the world's worst case of peer group obsession. Your investment industry lacks leadership. Who speaks for the averages ...

Solaris struggles to find local gems

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... expectations. "We're expecting it to be a reasonable results season with expectations probably met," he said. "People are pretty conservative in their expectations and that's improved." The Solaris Core Australian Equity fund (Performance Fee Option) ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... in the first three months of 2010. Never mind, this was yesterday's news. And didn't I tell you just yesterday this was pretty enough? Data out last night were one for the bulls - or at least, seen to be one for the bulls. I know they've outlawed bullfighting ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
"Am I not pretty enough?" - Kasey Chambers This remains 2010's biggest question as we bade July bye bye. Just look at Wall Street's reaction over the weekend when America's real GDP results for the second quarter was released. What reaction? There was ...

No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... balance sheets and cash flows so the likelihood of them, from where we're now, to cut further costs and lay off people is pretty low." However, he said the current economic climate could hail a new period of low global growth. "The issue that is more ...

Unusually certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... to news reports, these were behind last night's surge in equity markets. But company earnings reports were also nice and pretty the previous day when Wall Street sold off? Investors ignored bad data last night. Yes, there were a few. US initial unemployment ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... said volumes were relatively low and the market may drift in afternoon trading as investors were cautious. "We seem to be pretty cautious going into US (trading) sessions, and have been for some time," he said. Mr Wright said the BHP Billiton production ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

... next strategy is to increase the accessibility of their advisers through 'main street' shopfronts. "We think we're being pretty innovative in the advice space. We've got the Horizons academy and we're moving early in this space [retail shops], and for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... overseas markets and in commodities markets last night," he said. "When you get that sort of lead... you're going to get a pretty ordinary day and that's what we've got." Mr Heffernan said resources stocks had been the hardest hit, in anticipation of ...

MLC to drop Aviva insurance brand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... say is that we've brought the entire team together now under one operating structure and one management team - that's a pretty important step," he said. Lombardo, previously the group director of operations at Aviva Australia (not to be confused with ...