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Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Is this a dead cat bounce or the early stages of another move higher? To be sure, it's only been three days...three straight days that the S&P 500 has turned its downtrend into a trend upwards. Even accounting for ...

Advisers saturate HNW space

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
An increasing number of advisers are turning their attention to servicing high net worth (HNW) clients, a market that is fast becoming overcrowded according to Harris Fraser managing partner Marc Geary "It has been harder and harder to service the HNW ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF) has been awarded an 'Investment Grade' rating from Lonsec. Launched 10 months ago by two former Hunter Hall investment managers, Jack Lowsenstein and Chad Slater, the fund now has $30 million under management ...

Former Deutsche PM joins 90 West

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Former Deutsche Asset Management portfolio manager Daniel Sullivan has joined the 90 West Global Natural Resources Fund. Sullivan, who has 21 years experience in the investment management industry, joined the company in May as a senior investment analyst. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street helped by data showing more strength and confidence in the US economy and as worries eased over a credit crunch in China. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price ...

Service consumption bucks downward trend in EM equities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
As emerging markets (EMs) shift emphasis from exports to consumption, some of the highest yields may come from the provision of services, according to Niall Paul, a UK-based partner at high alpha specialist wealth manager TT International (TT). "As ...

Guardian Advice monetises new medical service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Risk specialist dealer group Guardian Advice has launched a medical and pathology service, in partnership with Health Predictions, for advisers to easily refer clients and get a share of the profits. When medical and pathology testing is needed as part ...

PGI updates fixed income fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Principal Global Investors (PGI) is looking at the next generation of fixed income products and has adapted its Global Credit Opportunities Fund to make it more flexible for Australian investors. "Investors are rotating out of a more traditional type ...

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 ...

Hunter Hall founder targets instos and SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Parker Asset Management has re-launched in Australia as Altair Asset Management to reflect a broadening of its business beyond family office and private wealth investment to include institutional and retail clients. Philip Parker, who co-founded Hunter ...