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AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street ended last week with slight gains. At 0823 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5016. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Uh-oh, looks like it's still "not safe... very dangerous, be careful". Just when the Fed's started to deploy some official to unwind the fear that Bernanke's "tapering soon" rhetoric created, along comes China. New York Fed president Bill Dudley remarked ...

Austock Life appoints national sales manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
Austock Life has appointed a national sales manager to build a business development team and focus on adviser support. New national sales manager will be Tony Gobbo, a sales and distribution manager with over 25 years of experience in building and managing ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The imminent end of the bond bull-market means now is the time for investors to consider absolute return fixed income strategies, according to GAM head of structured investments Rossen Djounov. Visiting Australia from London to promote the GAM Fixed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
The Australian share market looks likely to continue to fall on Tuesday. At 0755 AEST the June share price index futures contract was 13 points lower at 4,938. Wall Street and London markets were closed overnight for holidays. In company news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street traded flat under the shadow of poor Chinese economic data and a slight gain in US monthly retail sales. At 0744 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 16 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street after an expected European Central Bank interest rate cut and a surprisingly good US jobless claims report. At 0730 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures ...

Pengana AEq fund reaches $227m FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The Pengana Australian Equities Fund reached $227 million in Funds Under Management (FUM) on the March quarter and achieved a return of 9.9%, net of all fees and charges. The returns beat the ASX200, which generated 8% and the RBA Cash Rate, which returned ...

Windham looks to bring systemic risk strategy to Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Boston-based boutique Windham Capital Management was in Australia last week to promote its new dynamic asset allocation strategy, which it says can identify systemic risk. The new strategy, which has been endorsed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) ...

Super election infighting intensifies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
Superannuation is hotting up as one of the most emotive battlegrounds on which the Federal election will be fought. A new survey from Sunsuper, published last week, finds that more than two-thirds of Australians (68%) believe that superannuation will ...