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eWrap veteran unveils free planning tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The man behind Asgard Wealth Solutions' eWrap, former project director, Jan Kolbusz has resurfaced and developed decimal - a free website that allows financial planners to quickly make a statement of advice (SoA). Managing director of decimal, Kolbusz ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The RBA did not disappoint market expectations and announced no change in the official interest rate of 7.25 percent while markets interpreted the RBA's accompanying statement as an indication that an interest rate reduction is in the offing. In its ...

S&P studies single manager alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
Rising investor demand for alternative strategies has prompted Standard & Poor's to issue its first single manager fund report. The Standard & Poor's Alternative Strategies - Single Manager report found found single strategy hedge funds generally performed ...

ASFA supports same sex super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) is backing the government's proposal to change the law and allow same sex couples to access a partner's superannuation death benefit easier and more tax effectively. In its submission to the Senate Standing ...

RMBS market on brink of collapse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The RMBS market is in danger of collapsing and - without government intervention - consumers may be left at the mercy of the big banks as the only remaining mortgage lenders. "The RMBS market is dying on the vine," said Greg Medcraft, chief executive ...

DWS Strategic Value gains four stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned a four-star rating to the DWS Strategic Value fund (Enhanced Liquidity). The fund is a diversified fund-of-hedge-fund which offers daily liquidity through an arrangement with Deutsche Bank AG in London. The ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Barring more surprise writedown announcements, the Australian equity market could get a breather today supported by a strong lead from Wall Street overnight. The US equity market reversed all of the previous day's losses last night on the back of a ...

Vivid signs on Financial Simplicity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
Vivid Financial has implemented Financial Simplicity's Enterprise Edition product to improve the trade efficiencies of their managed accounts portfolios. According to Jon Reilly, trading and compliance manager of Vivid Financial, the new software will ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
It has been over a year since Australian equities heavyweights Rohan Walsh and Luke Sinclair left Invesco for Karara Capital. The market timing may have been off but the pair still proved their mettle judging by their debut returns in their new home. ...

Pure commodities funds win ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
Climbing commodity prices have pioneered the establishment of pure commodity funds and a debut Standard and Poor's rating for three new products. Ratings house Standard & Poor's Fund Services recently assigned four-star ratings to three new pure commodity ...