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Trust expects buyout talks to impact profit

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Trust Company has reported a profit from March 2012 to August 2012, but it expects the talks of an acquisition from Equity Trustees (EQT) or Perpetual to have an impact on profit. The Trust Company financial held yesterday an annual general meeting ...

Westpac launches tailored info service for online investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Westpac Online Investing has launched a new tailored information service in response to investors' demand for better research tools and stock-picking recommendations. Described as an "Australian first", the 'Daily Share Tracker' will be delivered to ...

FIIG snaps up Macquarie CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
Macquarie Bank chief investment officer and head of innovation Craig Swanger has taken on the role of head of markets at FIIG Securities. Swanger will be responsible for FIIG's sales and channel distribution business as well as risk management and product ...

MSCI upgrades heighten frontier market concentration risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
MSCI's recent upgrade of frontier markets economies has heightened the diversification risk for index strategies in the space, according to Advance Emerging Capital chief investment officer Dr. Slim Feriani. The changes, which come into effect in May ...

Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The platform market has broken funds under advice (FUA) records in the March quarter, after plunging during the global financial crisis (GFC). An uptick in investor confidence and an increase in adviser productivity could be behind the growth of the ...

AMP targets SMSFs for infrastructure and property funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
AMP Capital is launching a website as part of a new marketing campaign aimed at encouraging self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors to branch out into infrastructure and non-residential property. While residential property is a popular investment ...

Trust now looking at revised EQT offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
The Trust Company board is now looking at the revised takeover offer from Equity Trustees (EQT) and has delayed the scheme process relating to the offer by Perpetual. The Trust Company revealed that it is seeking advice from legal firm Ernst & Young ...

Two new MySuper approvals bring total to 43

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
NGS Super and the Nationwide Superannuation Fund (NSF) are the latest funds to be given the green light for MySuper products. The approvals bring the total number of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) sanctioned funds to 43 as the financial ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF) has been awarded an 'Investment Grade' rating from Lonsec. Launched 10 months ago by two former Hunter Hall investment managers, Jack Lowsenstein and Chad Slater, the fund now has $30 million under management ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is expected to extend its losses in morning trade after opeing more than one per cent lower, but should make something of a late recovery into the close. The local market is still reeling from the US Federal Reserve last ...