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CFD health check prompts more oversight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
The regulator has stepped up its monitoring of the contract for difference (CFD) market and proposed new measures to improve the market's transparency, following a study that found consumers are still confused about the risks when trading CFDs. The ...

MLC to drop Aviva insurance brand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
In line with the terms of the sale of the Aviva insurance business and platform to NAB last year, the bank's insurance arm MLC will rename the acquired business' popular insurance product Aviva Protectionfirst to MLC Protectionfirst, effective October ...

Boutique and big brands top SMA

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Fund managers Dalton Nicol Reid, Goldman Sachs JBWere, Hyperion, Ralton, UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) were all rated as the top SMA model portfolio providers, research shows. Standard & Poor's has named the stand out investment fund manager ...

HFA renames to CERTITUDE Global Investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
HFA Asset Management is rebranding to CERTITUDE Global Investments as the business repositions itself as a multi-asset active manager. The CERTITUDE brand will replace the HFA Asset Management name across its product marketing and branding in Australia ...

Austock investments chair resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Tim Boyle, chairman of investments at Austock Group, resigned last Friday but will remain on the Austock board as a non-executive director. According to an ASX statement released on Friday, Boyle's resignation took immediate effect at the end of last ...

Praemium preps more advisers to fee-for-service world

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Praemium is expanding its planner target market by 80 per cent as the firm rolls out SMARTwrap - a service aimed at both fee-for-service and commission-based advisers, and those transitioning to a fee structure. Arthur Naoumidis, group chief executive ...

Another LIC fails

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Shareholders in listed investment company (LIC), India Equities Fund, have voted to return capital to investors - highlighting another example of the weaknesses of LIC vehicles. More than 95 per cent of the fund's investors voted for the board's proposed ...

CommInsure completes business restructure, appoints two GMs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
CommInsure has finalised the restructure of its insurance operations into five distinct lines of business - a radical departure from its previous model - when it appointed one of its senior staff, Claire Roberts to general manager in wholesale life ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
So what do we make of the equity markets now -- Now that some positive news appear to be slowly weaving their way into the headlines. Or is it just that financial market spin doctors have grown bored of staring down half empty glasses. Australian and ...

Telstra unveils defensive growth strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Telstra Super has launched a "Defensive Growth" investment option for members whose risk appetite may have lessened in the medium term, but want to participate in capital growth through growth assets. The option was launched on 1 July. The objective ...