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Zurich fund now on major platforms

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
The Zurich Investments Global Growth Fund is now available on all the major platforms after receiving approval from Australia's largest dealer groups. Zurich head of strategic accounts and research Tim Meggitt said support from NAB/MLC, ANZ/OnePath ...

CIO confidence slumps to nine-month low

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
Chief investment officer (CIO) confidence levels have fallen to levels last seen in September 2012, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC)'s latest Chief Investment Officer Index. In the June quarter, the index stood at seven from a range ...

March sees moderate growth in super contributions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Contributions to superannuation funds were moderate in March, with discretionary contributions growing strongly, but compulsory flows slightly falling. The latest Bond Report by the Financial Services Council (FSC) shows that discretionary contributions ...

Super contributions highest since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Contributions to APRA regulated superannuation funds during the last financial year were at the highest level since the global financial crisis, said the Financial Services Council. The Financial Services Council's Bond Report, released yesterday, shows ...

FPA award winners embrace FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
The FPA Best Practice award winners are also those leading way in FOFA-compliant practices, with the association awarding those at the forefront of their industry. Speaking with Financial Standard after their win, Pippa Elliot, CFP, of WA planning firm ...

UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Management of UBS Global Asset Management's Small Companies Fund is in limbo after two members of its three-person team expressed their intention to leave. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's placed the Australian Small Companies Fund on hold due to the ...

S&P downgrades Challenger Aus Share funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
S&P Fund Services has placed the Challenger Australian Share Income Fund 'on hold' and derated the group's Australian Share Fund and Select Australian Share Fund from four stars to three stars, citing resourcing issues. The changed ratings come on the ...

WA rep banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
ASIC has permanently banned Jason William Cox, of St James, Western Australia, from providing financial services. The banning follows Cox being sentenced in January this year to two years and four months jail with parole, for 24 counts of fraud. It ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices closing higher, oil up strongly, and metals returning flat results. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher after a mostly positive lead from the US and the commodity market. At 0644 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 26 points higher at 4091. In company news ...