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ASIC sharpens focus on margin lending

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
More than two years after the Opes Prime and Tricom debacles hurt retail investors, ASIC has put the spotlight back on margin lending again. The regulator issued guidance yesterday, which it hopes will improve protections for retail clients through ...

Schroders surges, shuns Gartmore

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Schroders, the UK's largest listed fund manager, reported strong results overnight but ruled itself out of contention for troubled rival manager Gartmore. Schroders reported 9 month pre-tax profits of 282.7 million, up over 250 per cent on the corresponding ...

DKN champions fee for service, unveils "land grab" strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Listed planning group DKN said its business model is insulated against the Government's proposed 'fee for service' reforms and has mapped out plans to buy more planning-related businesses over the next few years. The company's chief executive Phil Butterworth ...

CBA plans retail bond offering

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
In a huge boost for the dormant Australian retail bond market, Commonwealth Bank announced plans to tap retail investors' appetite for fixed income with the imminent launch of 5-year floating rate notes. The size of the offering is believed to be as ...

The SMSF debt binge

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Gearing used by self-managed super funds has doubled over the past two years, largely to fund purchases of property, a new study has found. And the debt binge looks set to continue with another 40 per cent of SMSFs ready to embrace gearing over the ...

A simpler, streamlined Suncorp

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... current business model or operating framework. In the interests of efficiency, it is now time to simplify that structure," John Story, chairman of Suncorp, said. James Coghill, an analyst at UBS, said that the restructuring was largely immaterial from ...

Platinum feels the force of term deposits

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
One of the country's most respected equity fund managers has lamented that its retail business is facing "intense" competition from bank term deposits. "While Platinum continues to attract positive retail net fund inflows the competition from bank term ...

The lure of the boutique

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
The call of the boutique fund has proved irresistible for many investment professionals, but ratings can still be retained in the face of departures, according to a new study. In its third quarterly Musical Chairs report, S&P fund services found that ...

UK edges closer to universal pension scheme

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The ruling Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition will push ahead with plans to introduce a universal pension scheme in the UK. Chancellor George Osborne recently gave the green light for the establishment of the National Employment and Savings Trust ...

ASF to distribute QFII fund in Aus

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
ASX-listed Chinese investment company ASF Group has signed an exclusive deal to distribute the Marco Polo Pure China Fund in Australia, and is targeting institutional investors for mandates. The Marco Polo Pure China Fund invests in mainland Chinese ...