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AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Alternative Investment Management Association will be working with local super funds on scenario analyses for moving more funds to suitable Australian alternative managers. Recent data from administrator GlobeOp showed that in June hedge funds globally ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Thursday, National Australia Bank's quarterly business survey for the June quarter will be released and RBA Head of Economic Research Department Alexandra Heath is speaking at the Australian Economic Forum. The price of gold in Sydney was $US1573.30 ...

SFG rolls out FOFA-ready MDA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... said. "The DPU is a logical extension of this work." The MPS and DPU are directly supported by the Group's investment research and portfolio construction division held within the Mosaic Portfolio Advisers business.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Australia Bank's quarterly business survey for June quarter is due out and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Head of Economic Research Department Alexandra Heath is scheduled to take part in a panel discussion at the Australian Economic Forum 2012 in Sydney. ...

Westpac launches share trading app

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Westpac Online Investing has launched a new app that will enable investors to access research and trade via smartphone or iPad. The app supports trading in shares, warrants, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded commodities (ETCs). James ...

Zenith wins BT research from S&P

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Zenith Investment Partners has won the contract to provide investment fund research services to BT Financial. The appointment will see Zenith replace Standard & Poor's as the Westpac Group's external investment research provider from October 1, when ...

Aust lags in financial job market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... jobs was confined to natural resources and infrastructure, although small-scale redundancies continued particularly in research roles. Financial planning and superannuation were comparatively stable despite lower hiring year-on-year. "We expect similar ...

Advisers optimistic on SMSFs despite changing skill set

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... clients less, although the cost structure of the entire industry is in a state of flux, Lovett said, referring to prior research which shows trustees are willing to pay up to $2000 more for additional specialist advice. "The whole value chain is shifting ...

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... Council of Australia (ICA). These payments are likely to increase if a 2005 analysis prepared by the IAG Natural Hazards Research unit is to be believed because it found that a one degree increase in average Australian summer temperatures could increase ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... points that very day - which turned out to be the GFC episode bottom and months later, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared the US recession finished in the June quarter of 2009. There's plenty more of Roubini's failed forecasts as enumerated ...