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Investec to launch equity derivatives platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Investec has announced plans to launch an equity derivatives platform in July as it expands its team with a spate of new appointments including David Jones-Prichard who will head up the platform. The specialist bank group has released plans to add equity ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Investors in a class action against failed agribusiness firm Great Southern live to fight another day after access to new documents has been approved. In a hearing held April 4, former Great Southern directors, Peter Patrikeos and Jeffrey Mews were ...

High net worth clients being under advised

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Advisers are not doing enough to make the most of out their relationships with high net worth clients, according to a survey of 1,287 US investors, with tax strategies and estate planning the biggest gaps. The Dow Jones Affluent Investor Study found ...

New SMSF course on offer

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund service provider Cavendish Superannuation has teamed up with the University of Adelaide to offer a three-day course next month explaining the complex area of self-managed funds. Cavendish self-managed super fund (SMSF) experts ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
The Australian share market was stronger across the board at noon following the year's biggest rally on Wall Street and rising commodity prices overnight. The Australian dollar continued to climb to new heights, reaching $US1.0749 in morning trade - ...

Russell makes senior hires

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Russell Investments has appointed Frank Russo as senior consultant in Australia and strengthened its Asian consulting and advisory business with arrival of Trevor Persaud. Russo joins Russell from independent asset consultant Access Capital Advisers ...

Advisers fear super fund competition

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Financial planners are worried that low-cost advice from superannuation funds will hurt their businesses in the future and say it is unfair competition as the fees are hidden. At a recent Financial Planners Association luncheon in Sydney, advisers made ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Is this the start of something big... or another dip buying op? Wall Street retreated big time last night. The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq all closed 1.1 per cent leaner. Is it perhaps investors want to gain a head start on that good 'ol adage ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices all finishing over one per cent lower. Gold and silver were higher, but oil slumped. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share ...

UBS staff gone, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
UBS Global Asset Management are urgently looking to replace two portfolio managers of a three-man team who have now left the Small Companies Fund. Portfolio managers John Campbell, executive director, and Jeremy Bendeich, director, are now on 'gardening ...