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Libertas FP to offer SMA portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
Independent firm Libertas Financial Planning has added Bellmont Securities separately managed accounts (SMA) to its approved product list. The offering includes the Bellmont Core Equities Portfolio, which is a blue-chip equities portfolio, giving investors ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Managing duration is the key to reducing risk as the 30-year bond market bull-run comes to a close, according to a number of fixed income experts. Interest rates in many countries reached historical lows in recent years as central banks aggressively ...

BT offers wholesale funds to retail platform clients

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
BT Financial Group has made a new series of over 30 of its wholesale funds available only to retail investors on the company's platforms. The Wholesale Plus Funds series includes some of the best-rated and most popular wholesale funds in all the major ...

Zurich promotes Australian CEO, names new local head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
Zurich Financial Services Australia has given the current chief executive of its life and investments business, Colin Morgan, the role of chief executive of its global life division for the Asia Pacific region. In this role Morgan will assume responsibility ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is lower as investors sell out of the major banks. CMC markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said Westpac, which was trading ex-dividend on Monday, was the biggest drag on the bourse. "Bank ex-dividends are part ...

SSgA warns of equity market complacency

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The head of State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) top performing Australian equity team has warned investors against complacency as the fund manager's flagship Active Australian Equities Fund celebrates its fifth anniversary. SSgA Asia-Pacific head of ...

Franklin Templeton appoints institutional sales manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has appointed an institutional sales investment manager that will focus on the firm's relationships with institutional investors in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. James Savage will be reporting ...

First Super to vote against CBA board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
First Super will vote against the re-election of two Commonwealth Bank (CBA) board members who served during the bank's financial advice scandal. The fund will use its vote at the forthcoming CBA annual general meeting on November 12 and will oppose ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 reached record highs for the third session in a row. At 0807 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points at ...

Aon Risk Solutions appoints exec from Allianz

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Aon Risk Solutions (ARS) Australia has appointed Giselle Walther as its new managing director of growth strategies. Walther was previously head of corporate market management - Americas, for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. She has held senior ...