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MLC gets three stars for Australian equities management

Morningstar has given a three star rating to MLC's style neutral multi-manager approach to Australian equities, expressing disquiet at its second quartile returns (net of fees and taxes) performance despite its "highly-capable skills and resources within ...

AMP gets $100,000 slap on the wrist from ASIC

AMP has agreed to fund a $100,000 corporate disclosure program in the wake of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into announcements the insurance and financial services giant made to the market between July 29 and ...

Investment Analysis: Correlation between Dow Jones, Nasdaq since 9/11

Overnight trading on the Dow Jones and Nasdaq pushed the indices in different directions, with the Dow Jones rising 71.22 points to 8265.45 while the Nasdaq fell 3.47 points to 1397.08. But research conducted by the Financial Standard reveals a very ...

Coonan resilient on super surcharges, co-contribution

Paul Cully The Minister For Revenue and the Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan has restated the government's position on superannuation surcharges and co-contribution in the wake of stinging criticism last from the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

ASIC issues updated tip sheet for below-par auditors

John Fernando The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced that it has issued an updated information sheet to provide guidance for applicants wishing to register as a company auditor. The information sheet, entitled 'how ...

Challenger profits fall 67% to $35.84 million, but inflows grow

Paul Cully Challenger International today announced a half year profit of $35.84 million, down 67 per cent from the corresponding period last year, due in part to a $14.6 million write down of its UK operations and a more conservative estimate of futures ...

BT Wrap extended to Westpac Planners

Paul Cully The integration of BT Financial Group into Westpac took another huge step forward today with the official launch of the BT's Wrap platform to 670 Westpac Financial Planners throughout Australia. The launch is being heralded as a major step ...

Macro hedge funds gain from rising gold, falling dollar:Hennessee

Paul Cully Hedge fund managers with a Macro approach to the markets have been able to return 4.30 per cent so far this year, according to New York-based hedge fund advisory firm Hennessee. "Macro managers have succeeded so far this year by playing in ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries in drift mode

Paul Cully The All Ordinaries index spent the day going nowhere fast, drifting 4.60 points lower as the dominant 'wait-and-see' position of cautious investors during recent weeks again coming into play. But the news was at last positive for beleaguered ...

Wallis turns down $1.6 million AMP retirement allowance

Paul Cully Former AMP chairman Stan Wallis, under fire last week for bringing forward his resignation from the company five months ahead of schedule, today said that he would be refusing a $1.6 million retirement allowance. "Mr Wallis said that his ...