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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received positive leads from the US and Europe overnight, as investors overlooked a litany of bad news. At 0905 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 28 points at 4,750 points, on volume of 4,457 contracts. ...

KPMG investment consulting no direct threat

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
KPMG's launch of a specialised investment consulting offering will fill a significant gap in the market for direct investment advice to superannuation funds, said its head, James O'Leary. KPMG Investment Consulting officially launched this week after ...

Mason Stevens signs dealer group MAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Managed accounts provider Mason Stevens has signed 12 dealer groups to its services, joining the fray of MA providers that are proving popular among financial advisers. Currently, there is an enormous amount of interest in managed accounts from right ...

Wingate profits from Everest stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Fund manager Wingate Direct Investments has sold its 19.9 per cent investment in Everest Financial Group after receiving an anonymous bid for its stake, gaining 32 per cent on its original investment. The investment manager offloaded its stake in Everest ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
China's economy is overheating that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) had been tightening monetary policy in order to keep inflation under control. The US economy is not growing fast enough - and measured inflation has, thus far, remained benign - that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing lower but oil and metals prices firmer. At 0828 AEDT, the June share price index contract was nine points lower at 4,667 points, on volume ...

BTIM sales head joins UBS GAM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Bryce Doherty has left his role as head of wholesale sales at BT Investment Management to take up a similar position at UBS Global Asset Management. Doherty starts his role at UBS in mid-May and will be reporting to Ben Heap, head of UBS GAM in Australia. ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Super funds have been urged to perform oil vulnerability assessment after blasts rocked Moamar Gaddafi's Tripoli compound this morning. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked the Libyan capital, brent crude prices rose to US$114.86 per barrel. ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Blink and you would have missed it. Financial markets are back in forward gear once more. They have been over the past three trading days inspite of the severe calamities and geo-political tensions that came their way not even a full three months into ...

ISN urges members to seek intra-fund advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Industry super funds have started a national advertising campaign across major metropolitan newspapers to urge their members to seek financial advice from their fund. Umbrella group, Industry Super Network (ISN), said the awareness campaign would help ...