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LUCRF rolls out financial advice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
LUCRF Super has launched a new financial advice service, following ASIC approval to extend authorisation of the fund's Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). ASIC approved the change to LUCRF Super's licence on 19 May, enabling the fund to give ...

BlackRock portfolio managers resign

S&P RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... David Walsh, head of portfolio management active equity, have resigned from the group. Jackson will see out his three-month notice with the group and Walsh leaves at the end of June. Both managers did not say why they are leaving the group or whether ...

Fundies caught in $5m heist

SFC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... time Tiger Asia manipulated the share price of CCB, it also short sold 104 million Bank of China shares following advance notice from placing agents about two placements of BOC shares. The fund manager was explicitly told not to deal in BOC shares after ...

HFA to re-open flagship fund

HFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... investments have gained more than 20 per cent. HFA Asset Management expects to change from monthly redemptions with 30 days notice to quarterly periods with the same number of days notice. This comes after six Australian hedge fund managers were considerig ...

Strong one, says yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The minutes of the US Federal Reserve's 16 March meeting spelled the reasons for the FOMC's decision to keep the fed funds rate unchanged at 0-0.25 per cent. "While recent data pointed to a noticeable pickup in the pace of consumer spending during the ...

How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." These words from Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities, have again been brought to life by two opposing monetary prescriptions by two central banks - further interest rate hikes for the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... private client adviser Bill Bishop said the market was higher on big gains among the major miners. "The market is taking some notice of today's interest rate decision," Mr Bishop said. "If we get a rise, the market has probably factored that in." The ...

UK pensions call for greater FM engagement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
A UK pension fund association that represents more than $1 trillion has put the world's fund managers on notice and demanded they take their role as shareholders far more seriously. Lindsay Tomlinson, chair at the National Association of Pension Funds ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Has sentiment on Wall Street really, truly changed to positive? Or have financial markets only engaged in an Easter egg hunt for positive news? Read the post-Easter headlines and no matter where you look, financial markets are celebrating not only the ...

Navigator tops best platform list

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Navigator has been named the highest-rated platform for overall functionality - beating FirstWrap, Macquarie Wrap and Asgard eWrap, according to a new report. Navigator won the title for 2009, after many years of "steadily rising up through the rankings" ...