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Wealth of opportunities for Aussie asset managers overseas

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Industry Funds Management (IFM) chief executive Brett Himbury has urged Australian investment managers to take advantage of the huge opportunity of taking their expertise overseas. Addressing delegates at the annual Financial Standard Sales & Marketing ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
The Australian market has opened higher despite weak offshore leads as the financial sector lifts local shares. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the Australian market had opened higher due to a strong start from the financial sector after Westpac ...

The Trust Co recommends Perpetual merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
The Trust Company board has recommended unanimously that its shareholders support the Perpetual proposal to acquire 100% of its shares. The Perpetual proposal would result in shareholders receiving 0.1495 Perpetual shares for each share held in The ...

Infrastructure offers income low correlation to other assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Investments in infrastructure assets give diversification benefits to income portfolios with less volatility and lower correlation to the equity market, according to Omega Global Investors managing director George Vassos. Vassos explained that a institutional ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mixed performances on world markets overnight. At 0751 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,195. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Morningstar hands Needham global CIO role

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Morningstar Investment Management has promoted Ibbotson Associates Australia chief investment officer and managing director Daniel Needham to global chief investment officer of the group. Chris Galloway will take over as managing director of Ibbotson ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
The Australian share market has opened relatively flat despite a positive lead from overseas markets. Early trading was marked by a drop in National Australia Bank (NAB), after it reported its half year net profit grew by 23 per cent to $2.52 billion. ...

NAB Wealth profits stable

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) has reported a 1.5% decrease in cash earnings for its wealth division, following a fall in insurance earnings. Earnings in the wealth business stood at $256 million for the half-year to March 2013, down from $260 million ...

Exchange-traded government bonds to trade on ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Retail investors will have a wider investment universe to choose from with exchange-traded government bonds (AGBs) set to trade on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). In a statement yesterday, the ASX announced that exchange-traded AGBs will be ...

Rainmaker Excellence Awards 2013

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Finalists of this year's awards and their supporters packed the Grand Ballroom of Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney to celebrate last year's most innovative and successful website and marketing campaigns. This year's awards focussed on the theme of success ...