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Fidelity to offer fixed income products to Australian market

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... something investors are probably going to take more of an interest in, in the future," Carle told Fidelity's annual investment forum. "Fidelity is the world's leading manager of high yield assets with dedicated products in the US, Europe and Asia, so ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... In equities news, Stockland chief executive Matthew Quinn is to address a Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Property Forum. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher as investors kept up the momentum from last week's rally, underpinned by positive ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... plenty to talk about for the wealth management industry as Government heads and industry leaders gathered at the 2011 Tax Forum. Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister, Wayne Swan, addressed the forum to discuss the Government's plans to increase the tax-free ...

Dealer groups 'like' social media enterprising

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
Financial planning dealer groups are responding to a groundswell of momentum to social media, but before they move into the public domain they are making themselves at home with enterprise social media networking. This relatively new concept, especially ...

Super funds see hybrid opportunity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... provide access to a suitable income and longevity protection product on their platform at a competitive price." A recent forum held by PIMCO discussed the topic and found the introduction of hybrid longevity risks products were the preferred course of ...

Legal threats loom over poor SMSF advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... to do so, said Christopher Batten, director at Macquarie Group Services. Speaking yesterday at the FS Technical Services Forum, a gathering of technical services managers and specialists, Batten warned that many advisers were not familiar enough with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... releases its Annual Report 2011 and RBA assistant governor (Economic) Philip Lowe delivers a speech to the Australian Economic Forum 2011. In equities news, Washington H Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd and Brickworks Ltd are both due to post full year results. ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... fund assets with more than $13 billion invested in the sector. The principles were released at the Australian Hedge Fund Forum 2011 in association with AIMA Australia held in Sydney this week.

ASIC opens dialogue with hedge funds

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Greg Medcraft told the Alternative Investment Association (AIMA) Australian Hedge Fund Forum in Sydney that greater regulatory focus on the hedge fund industry is a post-GFC fact of life, but that it is part of a new dialogue. The new ASIC chairman ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... with money, they better think again. China didn't get to where it is now by being somebody's fool. At the World Economic Forum in the Chinese city of Dalian, Premier Wen Jiabao said that the world shouldn't rely on China to save the world. Instead, "Countries ...