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IOOF takeover receives 99% approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
Eligible DKN shareholders have expressed full support for the proposed takeover by IOOF Holdings, voting 99% in favour of the move. In a shareholder meeting to vote on the proposed Scheme of Arrangement, 98.2% of DKN shareholders registered their vote ...

SMSFs in share buying mood

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... their shares with only 8% interested in selling, despite the current market conditions. The survey also found that fixed interest still dominates. The inaugural Australian SMSF Members Association (ASMA) survey of its member base found that while 65% ...

Family office aligns with hedge fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Hedge fund, Signature Capital Investments, has partnered up with a Sydney-based family office. The strategic alliance between Signature Capital Investments (SGI) and with AR Management (ARM) was made official on September 26. ARM is the management and ...

Bloomberg launches derivatives compliance platform

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... will entail." The Bloomberg derivatives platform provides dealer liquidity information and multi currency details on interest rate swaps and CDS.

Super funds call for calm amid market fall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
As misery spreads through global stock markets, Australian investors are reminded to wait patiently for a turnaround in fortunes to ensure they don't lock in their losses. The continued extreme volatility saw the Australian stock market fall to its ...

Australian bullion exchange to launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... label and distributed to private clients who can have instantaneously access to the trading exchange." So far there is interest from both retail and institutional investors, with institutional members able to apply for direct membership while retail ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... to shift $US400 billion in its shorter-term debt portfolio holdings to longer-term bonds in a bid to reduce long-term interest rates. All of the Dow's 30 blue-chip stocks were in the red, with industrials among the worst performers. Downbeat economic ...

MLC head calls for truce after laying blame at industry funds door

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... rather than the segment in which they are labelled. "With the removal of commissions, and the introduction of a best interest duty and two year opt-in process, the campaign the industry funds have run against retail superannuation and financial advice ...

Perpetual: fixed income is back

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... example showing 30% Australian equities, 25% international equities and the remaining broken up across international fixed interest, Australian fixed interest, cash, property and infrastructure. However the risk breakdown of that same portfolio showed ...

US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Concerns that the US Department of Labor's new definition of fiduciary duty for financial advisers is too demanding has prompted the retirement savings regulator to re-initiate industry discussions, a process that some believe may take up to two years. ...