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Hong Kong the pick for Perennial property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... Macquarie Funds Group during the GFC explained the impact of being blind-sided by the importance of capital markets development at the time. "We saw values continue to fall and what I saw a number of my peers doing was looking particularly at US stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has risen after the release of some encouraging economic data from Germany and the US. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.84 US cents, up from 106.47 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 AEDT on Thursday ...

Platforms hoard cash amid FOFA uncertainty

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... uncertainty surrounding FOFA implementation sees providers readying themselves for the possibility of rushing through development for compliant products. "FOFA reforms continue to act as a catalyst for new developments, with many platforms rushing to ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Now that Greece has again been relegated to a mere afterthought, the latest PMI update from Markit Economics reminded all and sundry that, Greece bailed out or not, a recession is still waiting in the wings in Europe. The Markit Economics preliminary ...

Super accounts on path for consolidation: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... for the changes. "The main challenge for the superannuation industry in preparing for auto-consolidation relates to development and implementation of technology, as data aggregation will be the linchpin to achieving efficiency," said Philip Hogan, managing ...

Not enough US retail hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... in the institutional space, tremendous growth potential exists in the retail space," it added. Despite the market development and distribution challenges in the hedge fund market, the view is that since 2008 registered investment advisors in the US and ...

PIS contracts Zenith for product and research review

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... in a manner they understand". PIS accounting and advisory group Ulton has also taken on Zenith to aid with ongoing development and maintenance of their model portfolios. Zenith is an independently owned investment research provider based in Melbourne ...

GM shuts down DB fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... workforce levels in the US also made the US defined benefit pension fund less relevant, noted bloggers commenting on the development.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... of Australia (RBA) Assistant Governor (economic) Philip Lowe is to deliver a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Economic and Political Overview 2012. In equities news, Brambles Industries, Goodman Group, Wesfarmers and Qantas ...

Rainmaker appoints new head of technical services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Taxation Institute of Australia. "We recognise that continuing professional development (CPD) is important for financial advisers and we wanted to make sure we strengthen our resources behind our CPD Program ...