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Fixed income prone to emotion-led choices

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
According to the fourth research paper on "Greed and Fear" released by Tyndall Investments, investor psychology is very much a force in today's fixed income market - not just in equities. Tyndall noted that investors need to adopt long-term strategies ...

NGS Super and Cuesuper to merge

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
NGS Super and Cuesuper plan to merge, creating a $3.5 billion fund with 90,000 members by April next year. Anthony Rodwell-Ball, chief executive of NGS Super, said one of the most important considerations is that both funds have similar membership profiles ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
With the dust settled on reporting season, Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of Australian equities Dion Hershan said that Australian equities look selectively attractive. Hershan said that while the last reporting season pointed to healthy balance ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The options available for Australian investors keen to ride the India growth story are surprisingly limited, in stark contrast to the choices they have to invest in China. According to Morgan Stanley, Indian GDP will surpass the US$6 trillion mark by ...

Fiducian posts profits, eyes acquisitions

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Fiducian Portfolio Services has posted a 25 per cent rise in net profit after tax to $4.11 million, with assets under administration improving to $1.14 billion. The group, which has zero debt on its balance sheet, reported solid increases across its ...

New tech offers high data protection

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Acronis has launched new software that offers financial planners high data recovery and non-stop backup systems while simplifying the right backup configuration to suit their needs. The Acronis True Image Home 2011 (ATI Home 2011) is now available and ...

Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market opened lower on Friday, following a fall on United States markets overnight. At 1010 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 16.8 points lower, or 0.38 per cent, at 4,339.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

NGS Super considers Shariah-compliant option

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
NGS Super is looking to launch a Shariah-compliant investment option based on the feedback from the Islamic members of the fund. Chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball told the audience at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium that the fund is working ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. Wall Street stock indices ended lower, as did precious metals, but base metals and oil were up. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

IOOF books $225m net inflows, simplifies ops

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
IOOF Holdings, the listed financial services group that could become the new owner of the AXA North platform subject to ongoing AXA APH merger talks, books a strong set of full-year results and flags the continuing consolidation of its various business ...