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Ashton launches Gold Share Class

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
The Ashton Group has launched a Gold Share Class for the Ashton Select Fund and Ashton Performance Fund. Ashton's Gold Share Class enables investors to elect gold as a 'currency' in which to denominate their investment. "Gold has appreciated significantly ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Australian shares had held on to their slight opening gains at noon, led by defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples. At 1225 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.8 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4253.4, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower, following the overnight lead of Wall Street and the European markets. Investors appear cautious, tracking Italian and Greek political developments as the eurozone debt crisis rumbles into Spain ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
The Australian stock market at noon on Friday had eased back to be almost flat as investors waited to see how the European debt crisis would unfold. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up eight points, or 0.19 per cent, at 4,252.1 ...

ASFA: Focus on the positives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
This year's ASFA conference in Brisbane opened in high spirits, despite the last minute cancellation of one of the key note speakers, Dr. Jose-Ramos Horta. The Timor -Leste president was replaced in the opening plenary session by former Liberal Foreign ...

Instos must reassess alternatives portfolios

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Australian funds should be looking at customised solutions and beta replication, according to a $10 billion global manager, as the way in which institutional investors want to own alternative assets continues to evolve in a fee-constrained world. US ...

AMP appoints former AXA heads to merged business

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
AMP Financial Services has made a number of appointments to its key business divisions that see former AXA employees assume senior positions. The appointments come in banking and wealth management products, strategic marketing and sales and wealth protection ...

IFM strengthens push for government infra deals

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
Industry Funds Management has ramped up its push for governments and investors to unite on nation building infrastructure in the face of increased opportunities overseas, launching a national advertising campaign to spread the message. IFM has just ...

Super fund ramps up insurance access

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
BUSS(Q), the Queensland based super fund for building and construction workers has introduced a new phone based claims and underwriting process to make it easier for its 90,000 members to interact with the fund's insurer. The changes which include customised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after sharp declines on Wall Street. At 0649 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 4,4005. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...