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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... momentum that has carried markets generally lower since Monday morning," said Elizabeth Harrow at Schaeffer's Investment Research. Adding to the market unease, Harrow said, was work underway in Congress on a final version of a financial reform bill. ...

H3 Global Advisors sponsors Griffith students

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... Doctor of Philosophy programme. Applications for the three-year sponsorship will involve the students working on long-term research in applied finance, which will be assessed by H3 Global and the university. "In a post-GFC world we need to better understand ...

Basis Capital lesson far from over

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... example, the investments within Basis were not as easy to understand as they were marketed to be and portrayed by the research houses. "That has made us more cynical and jaded - we want to see an investment that is transparent and easier to understand ...

Broking firms back Suncorp update

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Stock research arms of Citi and Goldman Sachs JBWere give a thumbs up to Suncorp's new strategy to distribute risk insurance products directly through GIO, AAMI and APIA while continuing to develop its financial advice channel business. Geoff Summerhayes ...

Back to basics key to planners successs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... and applying staff KPIs, have a higher chance of being successful compared with their peers, according to Macquarie. Research from Macquarie Practice Consulting's 2010 Boutique Practice Benchmarking study showed that one of the primary factors that distinguishes ...

Aviva, AMP and CommInsure top insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... Aviva has been named the overall leader in the life insurance sector, with AMP and CommInsure following close behind, new research from Investment Trends show. Investment Trends named Aviva, AMP and CommInsure as the benchmark setters in the life insurance ...

Investors turn to rev mortgages for income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... regular income and debt repayment. Martin Lynch, head of reverse mortgages at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), said, their research also found a growing preference to use a reverse mortgage to boost income. He said reverse mortgage products had evolved ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... funds to alternative investments. This rising demand for alternative investments is expected to drive more activity for research consultants especially project based and asset allocation research and due diligence on managers and investment funds. Real ...

ITM and Sequential partner for service

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... detail" when measuring their strategy outcomes or they risk the plans going over their budget and behind schedule. He said research found only 38 per cent of projects with a budget of between $750,000 to $3 million meet budget and its expected outcomes. ...

Rainmaker and endgame launch new marketing excellence award

... industry. The event will be held next month (August 26-27) at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney. Rainmaker Information is the research division of Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard.