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DKN buys BMG stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
DKN Financial Group has bought a 32 per cent stake in BMG Partners and BMG Financial Planning, a long-term Lonsdale Financial Group associate. This is the first equity investment made by DKN in a Lonsdale practice since the merger of DKN and Lonsdale ...

CFS signs distribution deal with Aspect

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Colonial First State has signed an exclusive alliance with Aspect Capital to distribute the investment manager's products in Australia and New Zealand. Aspect Capital specialises in futures trading that seeks to provide consistent returns across more ...

Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
A leading fixed income manager likens the market to a car careening into a frozen pond and fishtailing before steadying - except the car could still crash and is still on thin ice. Roger Bridges, head of fixed income at $10 billion-plus fund manager ...

Macquarie rolls out capital protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Macquarie Global Investments has teamed up with the UK's Winton Capital Management to cater for advisers looking for new options in capital protection products. MGI launched the Winton Global Opportunities Trust 2 today, a product that gives investors ...

GESB reaches $10b milestone

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Western Australia's biggest super fund, GESB, has reached the $10 billion mark in funds under management. GESB has experienced 107 per cent growth in the fund over the past five years, noted Michelle Dolin, chief executive of GESB. A major contributor ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Going nowhere fast. This is what the Dow did over the past two days. The Dow Jones Industrial Index dropped 122 points - the biggest since mid-December - after rallying by 116 points the day before. The Dow closed at a 15-month high on speculation that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
The Australian share market was almost one per cent higher at noon after the world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, beat expectations with a surge in December quarter production volumes. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 42.5 points ...

Japanese history lesson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Better late then never. Belated 20th anniversary greetings to the Japanese stock market! But I sincerely doubt whether Mr. and Mrs. Watanabe will be in the mood for celebrations - the exact same mood they felt during the first anniversary, the second ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
The Australian share market had slipped into negative territory at noon as wary investors took profits from banks and financial stocks ahead of earnings reports by US banking giants. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 32.1 points ...

AFS to launch SMSF admin service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group is launching a self managed super fund (SMSF) administration service that could halve the time required to set an SMSF. Peter Daly, managing director and group chief executive at AFS Group, said the administration ...