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Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Active fund managers found it very difficult to beat benchmark performance indexes after fees in the first quarter, research house Morningstar has revealed. Managers investing in large-cap Australian shares were evenly split between those that beat ...

Any which way is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Aren't we, Australians all, just lucky? We come back from loooong holiday and then wake up to another big move higher on Wall Street. If we, Australians all, came back to work a day earlier we would have felt differently about today for apart from watching ...

Sustainable strategy downgraded

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Morningstar has downgraded an AMP Capital strategy to "avoid" after the loss of a key leader from the management team. The ratings agency reduced AMP Capital Sustainable Share Strategy to its lowest category following the departure of Michael Anderson ...

Guardian expands with former CBA planning head

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Guardian Financial Planning has named former Commonwealth Bank (CBA) national head of financial planning as its new business acquisition manager, as part of its strategy for 10 per cent growth per annum over the next three years in its adviser network. ...

Super funds turn to dark pools

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Large superannuation funds are talking to bulk share-trading venue provider Liquidnet Australia to quietly deal in large blocks of equities, the broker said yesterday. At a press luncheon at Sydney's upmarket Rockpool restaurant, Liquidnet Australia ...

RBS targets retail with ETIS launch

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has teamed up with Commonwealth Securities (CommSec) to bring exchange traded international securities to Australia, enabling retail investors to access US stocks through the ASX. Australian investors will be able to ...

Derivatives sky high since SGX fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Derivatives trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has reached its highest point ever, just weeks after the failed takeover bid by the Singapore Exchange (SGX). According to figures released by the ASX, the number of derivatives contracts ...

Advisers fear super fund competition

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Financial planners are worried that low-cost advice from superannuation funds will hurt their businesses in the future and say it is unfair competition as the fees are hidden. At a recent Financial Planners Association luncheon in Sydney, advisers made ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Is this the start of something big... or another dip buying op? Wall Street retreated big time last night. The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq all closed 1.1 per cent leaner. Is it perhaps investors want to gain a head start on that good 'ol adage ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices all finishing over one per cent lower. Gold and silver were higher, but oil slumped. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share ...