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CBA launches capital protection funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a new capital-protected investment, Capital Series Compass, which offers investors a choice of two investment themes - an Australian share market or Australian/Hong Kong blend. The Capital Series Compass offers ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
There were some encouraging economic statistics released out of the US over the past two days. Is this the light at the end of the tunnel? Or an oncoming train's headlights? This is better explained by a scene in the 'Blues Brothers' movie where Jake ...

Capital protected products gain popularity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
An increasing number of fund managers are introducing capital protection to their products, with one of the early providers enjoying a 50 per cent spike in new applications month-on-month. One good example is AXA's North capital protection product - ...

Comm Bank opens cap protected product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Commonwealth Bank has launched a capital protected investment product, Capital Series Australia II. The product provides two strategies; one gives investors total capital protection at maturity, with the potential for up to 80 per cent capital growth ...

JPMorgan launches IQ Instalment Warrants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... JPMorgan vice president of equity derivatives and structured products. "Investors with margin loans may also find the IQ series a more stable and less time intensive way to build their geared stock portfolio." This latest product is available through ...

Macq Prof Series appoints head of retail

Macquarie Professional Series (MPS) has appointed Adrian Stewart as its new head of retail distribution. Stewart was previously state manager for New South Wales with Challenger, with whom he worked for five years. He said the decision to join was easy ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Global index firm FTSE Group has chosen to wage its own battle against terrorism by launching a new terror-free index. FTSE has teamed up with terror-free investment screening house Conflict Securities Advisory Group to launch the FTSE CSAG Terror-Free ...

New Asia Pac equities head for AMP Capital

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Kerry Series as the firm's new head of Asia Pacific Equities. Series was previously investment director Asian equities at HSBC Asset Management in Hong Kong. Prior to that he was co-founder of Perennial Investment ...

Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Reputex has released its Future Energy Index Series ahead of forecasts that revenue in global alternative energy and water industries will increase six-fold to $554 billion in 12 years. The Future Energy Index Series covers all aspects of the global ...

MLC reduces SOA burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
It's not quite wafer thin but MLC has reduced its Statement of Advice (SoA) templates by more than two-thirds shortly after the introduction of the 'Incorporation by Reference' legislation. The new law, which was introduced three months ago, mandated ...