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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
The Australian share market had moved into positive territory by noon as bank shares recovered from a weak opening. At 1220 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.6 points, or 0.28 per cent, at 4,113.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

ING senior research analyst moves to Altius

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... London in project and structured finance. Senior portfolio manager at Altius, Chris Dickman, said the aim of the fixed interest spectialist fund manager was to take advantage of both credit and thematic opportunities in the market to optimise returns ...

Super funds evolve towards direct property: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... direct real estate portfolios but there are also large number of smaller pension funds that are expressing significant interest in core real estate. "We would expect to see ongoing support from those markets in 2012."

Snowball re-brands for future

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... advisers that are maybe exiting the industry or finding the going on a stand alone basis pretty hard. There's a lot of interest in that," said Fenning. SFG Australia recently acquired a small family office in Melbourne, Jeena, which Fenning said was ...

RaboDirect launches Online SMSF

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... RaboDirect's cash and term deposits with access to wholesale managed funds, the solution promises a balance between a high interest return on the cash core with simple fund allocation procedures. SMSF administrator, Cavendish, will provide governance ...

MGD Wealth appoints Select to LDI portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
Select Asset Management has been appointed investment manager of two newly created liability driven investment portfolios by high net worth wealth management and advisory business, MGD Wealth. The MGD Wealth Liability Driven Investing (LDI) portfolios ...

SSgA: Minimise volatilty to protect vulnerable investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... calendar year," said Engel. "Compounding the problem, a decreasing number of safe-haven asset classes are available. Cash interest rates are falling and fixed-income assets are under pressure with concerns about sovereign bonds in the US and Europe." ...

Industry hits out at Best Interest

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
The Financial Services Council has slammed the government's Best Interest Duty proposal as being "unworkable", warning that in its current form, would give rise to "significant unintended consequences". The contentious proposal, which was tabled in ...

ASIC cancels two financial services licences

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... Partners lost its licence for not making sure that the proper arrangements were in place for the management of conflicts of interest. ASIC also said the firm didn't ensure one of its previous authorised representatives, Joshua David Fuoco, had complied ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... influx of cash start offering more opportunities for private investment. Pension funds, in particular, have a strong interest in infrastructure space and are increasing their allocations. According to Peter Meaney, head of Global Listed Infrastructure ...