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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open firmer on Thursday after Wall Street and European bourses closed higher. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 30 points higher at 4,568 points, with ...

Yuan revaluation drives hedge fund flows

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Investors flocked to Asian hedge funds in the second quarter, attempting to take advantage of China's moves towards increased currency flexibility, according to a note by US-based Hedge Fund Research. Asian hedge funds experienced net inflows of $360 ...

Fees4Service targets transitioning advisers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
The Encore Group, Leading Minds Academy, CVM Systems, ili, and REMeX have banded together to launch Fees4Service - a consulting service targeting advisers transitioning to a fee-for-service model. The five firms have launched the service to provide ...

Balmain offers $295m to City Pacific investors

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
BalmainTRILOGY (BT) is aiming to return $295 million to embattled unitholders of the Pacific First Mortgage Fund. BT, which took over the management of the City Pacific First Mortgage Fund more than a year ago, said it is now in a position to start ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Look ma, I passed the test! Hip, hip... Eighty-four European banks received their certificate of financial health from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) over the weekend. They'll survive a recession and a sovereign debt crisis if ...

Frozen fund investors get $36m settlement

COMMERCE COMMISSION RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
New Zealand investors in two frozen funds by ANZ and ING (NZ) stand to benefit from a $36 million (NZ$45 million) settlement fund arranged by the regulator after both funds breached marketing material compliance rules. In its largest monetary settlement ...

Ascalon and Regal form partnership

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Boutique incubator Ascalon Capital Managers will buy a 30 per cent stake in Regal Funds Management - a deal that will also see Ascalon provide Regal with sales and marketing support, among other services. The partnership agreement will see Ascalon buy ...

AXA appoints FMs to drive income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
AXA Australia selected funds from Ankura Capital, Legg Mason, Epoch Investment Partners, Macquarie Investment Management and Goldman Sachs/JBWere as part of its new income portfolio. Ankura Capital and Legg Mason will manage the Australian equities ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Super funds and investors upset about the mining stocks plunge this week should shift their blame from the government and instead zero in on the miners themselves because it was their idea. In a 20-page submission to the Henry Review in November 2008 ...

Investec gains $45m from instos for aircrafts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Investec Global Aircraft fund (IGAF) has raised an additional $45 million from AMP Capital Investors, Health Industry Plan Superannuation fund and MCG Growth fund. The fund now has $140 million in total capital invested since it was launched in 2008. ...