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AMP gives $200m small cap mandate to UBS

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
UBS Global Asset Management (UBS GAM) has won a $200 million plus Australian equity small companies mandate from AMP. AMP's use of an external manager for its Australian Small Companies Fund follows the departure of former senior portfolio manager Michael ...

Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
Let it rip boys! US equities closed weaker while we were sleeping apparently still reeling from the previous day's FOMC assessment that the US economy remains weak. Ok, let's give it that. But Bloomberg took it a bit farther. "The Fed said yesterday ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Despite better economic numbers from the US and at home, Australians are less confident about their finances today than they were three months ago, a study found. The Suncorp Life Confidence Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
All dressed up and nowhere to go. Yup! Wall Street went nowhere alright. A day before last night's Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC), Wall Street was all prepped, seemingly ready to take it all, whatever the Fed decides - or more, importantly ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
"The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough marks ...

SimCorp partners with AIM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

BHP anticipates global carbon price

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Marius Kloppers, chief executive officer of BHP Billiton, discussed at a key industry event yesterday the impending impact of a global carbon price being set and what effect this will have on companies such as BHP Billiton. "Economies like ours, with ...

May the FORCe be with you

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Fiducian has upgraded its adviser software and the new version has increased planner productivity by as much as 50 per cent, the group claimed. Launched at the recent adviser development day in Sydney, the Fiducian Online Resource Centre (FORCe) now ...

Intra-fund advice takes off

ISN RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
A year after ASIC published guidelines on the provision of intra-fund advice, 50,000 super fund members have tapped the service, according to the Industry Super Network. Most large industry super funds are developing and rolling out large projects to ...

Oasis Asset Mgmt to offer direct share trading

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
ING Australia has launched a new online direct share trading facility in response to rising demand from advisers for more investment choices on platforms. ING's specialist wholesale administration wrap platform, Oasis Asset Management, has launched ...