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Call for papers

The Financial Standard is calling papers for the upcoming editions of the Journal of Financial Planning and the Journal of Investment Strategy. The Journal of Financial Planning publishes papers on the topics of applied financial planning, consumer ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
The Australian share market remained lower at noon, but banking stocks were keeping it relatively sturdy after Wall Street fell more than one per cent last night and most commodity prices weakened. Local nickel stocks have been hit hard, as the base ...

Plum awash with TFNs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Plum Financial Services' campaign to inform clients about the significance of not submitting tax file numbers post-1 July has netted a four-fold rise in submissions over the past few months, according to chief executive, Mike Fitzsimons. The number ...

SELECT scores four stars for diversified funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Select Asset Management today announced that Standard & Poor's has awarded both its Select Growth Portfolio and Select Defensive Portfolio diversified funds a four star rating. S&P fund analyst Tara Bell said, "The four stars reflects our high conviction ...

Economic round-up: Lead balloon lifts exports

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
Despite infrastructure obstacles and currency pressures, Australia's export performance is still managing a gradual improvement on the back of the boom in resources demand and prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics latest data shows a jump in goods ...

ING begins filling small caps vacancies

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has announced a new small cap portfolio manager for its Australian equities team, filling one of the vacancies left by the previous team's defection to Credit Suisse. Former Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) small companies ...

No multi-sector managers deserve five-stars: S&P

S&P Fund Services has awarded 28 multi-sector fund managers with a four-star rating but stopped short of recommending any of the fund managers among the 250 multi-sector funds analysed with the coveted five-star badge. The 2007 multisector report was ...

Grange plays down Lehman connection for now

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
Grange Securities, now part of the Lehman Bros fixed income group, may be playing down their links with the global giant, but their aggressive recruitment strategy betrays an intention to step up their market footprint. Grange Securities managing director ...

LPTs expand as sentiment dips

The Listed Property Trust (LPT) Index may have performed poorly compared to the ASX200 over the past 12 months, but that hasn't stopped many LPT players from continuing with their expansion strategies. In the year to June, the LPT Index gained 25.9 ...

Economic round-up: Another day, another record

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
As our dollar continues challenging its own records, and puts the squeeze on smaller mining companies, soaring takeover activity sees Australia join a world gone M&A mad. The Australian dollar strengthened almost 20 per cent against the greenback in ...