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AMP forays into SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... SMA model portfolios, primarily offering Australian shares. More than 60 managed funds are also available across the other major asset classes. The product is suitable for clients with $100,000 or more to invest, and for those looking for exposure to ...

Syncsoft expands team after Superpartners deal

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Tech company Syncsoft is expanding its team with nine new staff following last year's major contract win with Superpartners. Syncsoft recently finalised an agreement with Superpartners to replace eight software systems with CapitalX. Riding on the back ...

NAB Super hands investments to JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... The deal involved the fund receiving approximately 25 per cent of the proceeds in cash and the remainder as equity in two major unlisted property trusts - Lend Lease's Core Plus Fund and Goodman Australia's Industrial Fund. Of the four properties - two ...

New year, new stocks: Suncorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... Partners, Davis Advisors, and Schroders, while retaining its investments in Walter Scott & Partners. "We identified three major changes in our review - addressing the structure of the Trust so that stock selection and asset allocation could be managed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... cent to its lowest close in a month on Tuesday, hit by a stronger yen that nailed exporters as worries about earnings of major firms reinforced fears about the global economy. The Nikkei average fell 422.89 points, or 4.79 per cent, to 8,413.91. HONG ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... returns for the entire year. If this assumption holds, equities are destined for a flat to positive performance this year. The major equity index's return over the first five days of the first month of 2009 is shown below: S&P 500 0.4% Dow Jones -0.1% ...

Planners turn to cash and TD funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... first quartile performer." Fechner said Aviva's research gives small to medium size planning firms a glimpse of what the major non-aligned dealer groups are doing. "It's quite easy to forget that quite a lot of advisers sit in small practices. This data ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... representing more than $2 trillion in assets including Souls Fund Management and Aviva Investors has sent a letter urging 100 major multinational company chief executives to carefully manage their water usage. The CEO Water Mandate initiative was drafted ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... Australia's unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percent to 4.4 per cent in November - a one-year high. One-year high! I can hear other major economies saying, 'we'll have what Australia's having.' The rate of unemployment in the US has jumped by 2 per cent ...

Divide super for members: Rainmaker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Australians should be separated into those that want a 'set and forget' fund and others that want a full service super solution to ensure members are in the appropriate fund, according to Alex Dunnin, Rainmaker Information director of research. Speaking ...