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No transparency, no mandates: ARIA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... mandates from institutional managers, including the $17 billion ARIA. Lochiel Crafter, chief executive of ARIA, said one of the major lessons learnt from the GFC in relation to market neutral or hedge funds was their lack of transparency, which arguably ...

Hillross buys Rabo Financial Advisors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... advisers with $430 million in funds under advice (FUA) across 2,000 clients. The financial advice division has offices in major regional centres in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. The business will join Hillross Financial Services ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... Billiton added 57 cents, or 1.46 per cent, to $39.67, while rival Rio Tinto jumped $1.42 or 2.08 to $70.02. Australia's major lenders rose, led by National Australia Bank which added 40 cents, or 1.32 per cent to $30.67. Commonwealth Bank put on 51 cents ...

Adviser recruitment plagues super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
One of the major hurdles facing super funds in the post intra-fund advice relief era is attracting and maintaining qualified advisers, said an industry expert. David Anderson, business leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, told an ...

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... never seen such an increase in institutional interest in emerging markets. In the past six months, we've picked up three major US institutional accounts, which between them account for $1.5 to $2 billion," he said. But this trend has its downside. He ...

MLC appoints Gupta to board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
MLC appointed Peeyush Gupta, co-founder and former chief executive at Ipac Securities, to the advice & licences board as an external director. Gupta holds a number of directorships at AMP Capital Investors, Murdoch Books and Quintessence Labs. His appointment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... number two economy. Dealers welcomed the economic data but players took profits in late trade, awaiting earnings results from major US retailers including Wal-Mart Stores this week. The Nikkei 225 climbed 0.95 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 9,871.68 points. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... per cent to $1.945, while Commonwealth Property Office Fund gained 1.5 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to 95.5 cents. Elsewhere, major resources stocks were firmer as gold gained in offshore markets overnight and commodity prices held steady, Mr Herring added. ...

IMAP elects chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... 2010 initiatives coincides with the increasing number of financial planning firms offering managed accounts and all the major financial institutions offering MAs. "The next 12 months will see a number of new services come to the market...the level of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... massive rally a day earlier. Investors cooled their buying of stocks and commodities, pausing from a surge that has carried major stock indices to their highest levels in more than a year. Stocks mostly fell earlier in the day, but pared back losses ...