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Defensive assets take control as growth funds stall

Recent weakness in the markets favoured managers with more defensive asset allocation and share strategies states Intech's latest growth fund performance survey as growth funds posted their first month of negative returns since July 2004. The results ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a solid lead from US blue chip stocks and another move lower in oil prices should help underpin the local bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was five ...

ASIC acts against wealth management promoter

ASIC has taken action against Jamie McIntyre and his company 21st Century Academy Pty Ltd preventing them from promoting any further wealth creation schemes. 21st Century Academy specialises in conducting wealth creation seminars, DVD and compact disc ...

Downey moves up in Tower management structure

Michael Downey is Tower Australia's new head of risk products and strategic marketing after a rearrangement of senior management roles in the company's risk area. Downey's promotion follows that of his predecessor David Callander who has taken on the ...

HIH fall out continues

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has barred another former HIH executive with Ross Eade being disqualified under the Insurance Act 1973 from holding a position or acting as a director or senior manager of a general insurer. Eade ...

IWL releases earning figures to win JDV shareholders

IWL has released interim earnings figures to the market as part of its efforts to take over JDV, after the board of the latter wrote to its shareholders criticising the bid for its lack of financial data. The earnings report was issued by IWL who stated ...

van Eyk revamps Blueprint's international managers

van Eyk has made changes to its Blueprint international manager line up adding the Macquarie Walter Scott Global Equity fund and dropping the Wellington Global Research Equity portfolio following its recent downgrade of the investment manager. In line ...

Eight year gaol sentence for former financial adviser

The District Court of New South Wales has sentenced John Higgins to eight years gaol with a non-parole of five years after the former financial adviser was found to have misappropriated over $1.7 million of clients' funds. Higgins pleaded guilty in ...

More Octane from HFA

HFA Asset Management has launched the HFA Octane Fund Series 2 offering investors an opportunity to participate in a leveraged absolute return fund incorporating a potential tax benefits and capital protection. The new product will place its funds across ...

APRA disqualifies more HIH senior executives

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has made further disqualifications regarding former senior executives of HIH Insurance with Frederick Lo, Roger Colomb, and Terrence Cassidy all banned from being or acting as a director or senior ...