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EQT wins Austock Life mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Life insurance company Austock Life has added Equity Trustees Limited's Mortgage Income Fund to its Imputation Bond menu. "It is very important to many of our investors - especially those using the Imputation Bond's estate planning and aged care strategies ...

BNP Paribas Investment Partners shuts FI

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... committed to the Australian and New Zealand market in representing best of breed global and local fund managers," the company told Financial Standard. "BNP Paribas continues to offer primary and secondary fixed income services through its Corporate & ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... the new 22-nanometer production process (Bloomberg)". And while we're at it, why don't we discount the fact that 80% of company's in the S&P 500 that have reported, so far topped expectations. And then of course, there is bad news Europe. MarketWatch ...

Trust Company focuses on regional integration

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
The Trust Company has announced annual results of a 12% increase in reported Net Profit After Tax to $12.6 million, with regional integration to be a focus for the coming year. The company declared a fully franked final dividend of 18 cents per share ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... And this is why we're only getting more QE talk from the Fed rather than QE action. The more consumers spend, the better company revenues, the more companies hire, the more income consumers get, the more consumers spend... Sadly, we're seeing quite the ...

Former Bell Potter adviser charged

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... director of Kismet Trading Pty Ltd (in liquidation) during his employment as a senior client adviser for the stockbroking company, Bell Potter Securities. ASIC alleges Mr Evans entered into contracts with individuals to invest funds with Kismet Trading ...

Small-caps beat index but approach with caution

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... not to skew a portfolio to certain sectors through a portfolio's small-cap exposure through proper understanding of a company's investing approach, market-cap, investment style, and portfolio characteristics. "Any selection should be made on the grounds ...

Robeco hits Aus shores

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... clients and private banks. The Sydney-based office will apply the resources, network and local knowledge of its parent company to position itself in the current Australian institutional market. "There are tremendous opportunities in the Australian market ...

Sustainability more than greenwash: Mercer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... today, it doesn't really matter if you believe in climate change or not - you will be affected by both government and company actions." Mercer has been assigning ESG ratings to investment strategies that span asset classes and geographic regions since ...

ASIC strikes against currency trader

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... licence fees, reports allege that the operator, banned director Leslie Raymond Freeman, improperly withdrew cash from company accounts. Comments from an "insider" posted on a US forum site in February allege Freeman's actions are linked to the recent ...