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K2 wins dealer group mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
K2 Asset Management has won a number of financial planning dealer group mandates for its Australian equities fund, and a $20 million institutional mandate for its international equities strategy in the past five months. Andrew Hall, head of distribution ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... 4,915, on volume of 9,926 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said the major financial stocks were lower on profit-taking. "Overall, the financials are a bit weaker with Macquarie Group down a bit," Mr ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... problems in Europe remaining dominant themes. Investors turned to defensive stocks early in the day but funds returned to the major resource and finance sectors later in the session to send the major indices higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed ...

New credit ratings agency in town

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... to Government, with a core competence on financial viability assessments on entities involved in Government contracts and major infrastructure projects. In recent years Corporate Scorecard has been engaged by almost 200 separate Government entities Australia-wide. ...

MLC appoints head of onsale advice product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
MLC Insurance has appointed former Allianz Life executive, Meredith Barnes, to the role of head of onsale advice product. Barnes will be responsible for ensuring the MLC Personal Protection Portfolio and the Aviva Protection First insurance product ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Australian share market was more than half a per cent higher at noon following a firm lead from Wall Street and gains among the major miners. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.6 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 4,908.4 points, while ...

BUSS(Q) hires advice and contributions manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... has more than 10 years experience in debt recovery, tactical planning and process improvements. He will work with unions, major contractors and employers to reinforce the arrears and collection processes at BUSS(Q). Simonfi was previously national credit ...

Not-for-profits still beat retail: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... only 33rd place. The second best retail fund, Challenger, came 36th and the third best, Australian Ethical, came 47th. A major aspect of the tables is how the APRA analysis deals with default investment options, which account for 52 per cent of all assets ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... Corporation was up 25 cents, or 0.92 per cent, at $27.36. Arrow Energy fell nine cents, or 1.76 per cent, to $5.01 after major shareholder New Hope Corporation Ltd said it would vote its 16.7 per cent stake in the company in favour of the $4.70 per share ...

S&P backs Schroders team after departure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... also noted that Jenneke's departure is the first in the team in almost two years. "S&P believes this will not create any major problems for the team in the management of the portfolio," said a statement from Standard & Poor's Fund Services.