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FuturePlus seeks more alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... equities exposure and reallocate up to a combined 25 per cent into global listed infrastructure, property, and credit. Michael Block, general manager - investments at FPFS, said he is advising the firm's clients EISS and Chifley Financial Services to ...

Vanguard launches property ETF

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia is due to launch property exchange traded funds (ETFs), a new product suite that aims to track the S&P/ASX 300 A-REIT index. The ETF is expected to start trading on the ASX from 15 October using the ticker symbol VAP ...

ACCC responds to NAB/AXA deal criticism

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... decision on both proposed acquisitions by AMP and NAB for AXA by 17 March. However, the regulator made its original decision to block the merger on 19th of April. "Subsequent to the decision, NAB approached the ACCC and indicated that it wished to consider ...

Liquidnet signs deal with Instinet

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... not missing opportunities on the exchange, he said. "Liquidnet is the first of many such pools including our own BLX [a block-trading paradigm] that we plan to offer blotter interaction from Newport 3," said Lesko. Liquidnet provides access to 36 equities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... sector, global miner BHP Billiton was up 21 cents at $39.11. Potash Corp of Saskatchewan asked a US court on Wednesday to block a $US39 billion ($A40.93 billion) hostile takeover by BHP Billiton on the grounds BHP has made "false statements and half-truths" ...

ACCC opposes NAB/AXA merger

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
The competition regulator has again opposed National Australia Bank's proposal to buy AXA Asia Pacific after reviewing the bank's revised bid, raising the chances of AXA AP's other suitor, AMP. Peter Kell, deputy chairman of the ACCC, said the proposed ...

Legal risks pose social media stumbling blocks

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
Lack of clarity around the regulation of blogs and other social media networks is preventing many investment firms from making the big leap to Web 2.0 - but consumer usage of social media in their day-to-day life will force firms to come up with a solution. ...

Snowball stays on track

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
Snowball Group Limited saw funds under management and advice rise 19 per cent to $4.8 billion and management is planning for a busy year ahead. Snowball announced that its underlying NPAT up 2 per cent to $6.2 million, while its funds under management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
The Australian share market has received overall negative leads from offshore trading over the weekend. Wall Street indices were slightly lower, and most metals and oil also were down. European markets were middling. At 0721 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

IOOF agrees to buy North

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... announced that provided NAB acquires AXA Asia Pacific it will buy the AXA North platform, potentially removing a major stumbling block holding back the NAB-AXA merger. The focus on the North platform is because the competition regulator, the ACCC, believes ...