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Deutsche hires investment specialist

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... investment specialist. He has ten years of experience in the asset management industry with six years as an investment research analyst. Most recently, Brinsmead managed research relationships for BlackRock working closely with the Portfolio Management ...

FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Australia's funds management market climbed 2 per cent in the September quarter to reach $1.374 trillion, but over the year it grew only 1 per cent, reveals analysis by Rainmaker. This lacklustre growth in FUM contrasts with the 8 per cent growth in ...

ASIC scorecard shows mixed results

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... asked for their views about ASIC and its performance over the last two years in the 2010 ASIC Stakeholder Survey. The research, which was put together by Allen Consulting Group, showed both praise and criticism for the regulator's conduct and performance ...

Fin services jobs on the rise

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... swelled as companies begin to expand once more according to talent consulting firm, Right Management. Right Management research found that 71 per cent of candidates left its careers program due to a new job in the industry, up 51 per cent from last year. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... Around five stocks had risen for every decline in the S&P/ASX50 at noon. "It looks like a pretty positive day," IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said from Melbourne. "They are pretty much broad-based gains in the local market at the moment," Mr ...

Avoid AMP Aussie shares fund: Morningstar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... 'avoid', citing instability in the investment team and high staff turnover as key reasons to the fund's rating. In a research note to advisers this morning, research house Morningstar said it was "disappointing to see that the game of musical chairs ...

Insurance platforms highly preferred: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
Some 80 per cent of advisers use platforms to write risk advice, according to latest figures from Investment Trends research. This goes against the theory that many advisers are threatened by Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, with platforms ...

Santa's in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... retroactively extend business taxes - they expired at the beginning of this year - by another two years plus tax credit for research and development, and exempt all estate wealth under US$5 million from the 35 per cent estate taxes. Santa Obama is stuffing ...

More to retirement than super: planner

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
A large-scale retirement survey by AXA backs previous research that majority of Gen Xers wait until the last minute before they start saving for retirement, but one planner makes suggestions on how thirty-somethings can start saving now without digging ...

Green light for global equities surge: Bell Potter

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... new highs for markets are on the horizon. After studying banking crises over the past 50 years, Quinton, director of research at Bell Potter, said that "the share market today is pretty well where economic history would indicate it should be." Quinton ...