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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
The Australian stock market is tipped to open higher after a mostly positive lead from Wall Street, with the focus for the week ahead expected to be on sales figures due from two major retailers. Both Woolworths Ltd and Coles owner Wesfarmers Ltd are ...

Perpetual to debut global resources

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... criteria since 1986 and it's served us well through the good times and the bad." The fund is available on Perpetual's Wealth Focus platform and on Macquarie Wrap, and Bruce hopes it will be on a number of other platforms later this year. Lonsec and Zenith ...

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten fielded prickly questions from financial planners after giving a speech on the Future of Financial Advice reforms at a luncheon gathering yesterday. Minister Shorten told the Financial Planning Association (FPA) ...

Synthetic ETFs set to grow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Synthetic Exchange Traded Funds make up just 14 per cent of total global ETF assets, but based on European experience this ratio is likely to increase considerably. In Europe, half of ETF assets are already synthetic, a proportion far ahead of the estimated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... also surged. Poor earnings from aluminium giant Alcoa in the United States and a weak lead from Wall Street saw investors focus on Japan after the country was jolted on Monday, a month after the March 11 tragedy, by a 6.6-magnitude quake. Japan was rocked ...

Invesco switches quant team to value, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... fundamental approach, O'Brien said. It also focuses on S&P/ASX 200 index companies rather than the S&P/ASX 300 which the focus of the current mandate. When Invesco bought Concord last year, the boutique firm managed about $3.5 billion in Australian equity ...

Three stars for Glennon small cap fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... and Poor's (S&P), said the firm's investment process was solid. "It's well-suited to a small cap investment mandate with a focus on company contacts and company visits," he said. "This is a new operation and Glennon has plenty of experience in the small ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... off 0.17 per cent to 7,204.86 points. Other European markets posted similar modest losses. In London, the banks were in focus after a government commission recommended reforms to prevent the need for any more state bailout, chief among them separating ...

Bendigo aims to empower planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank officially launches Bendigo Wealth with a distinct focus on tailor made customer service from financial advisers. The new wealth management division has been created to align its portfolio of offerings, including leveraged ...

Premium appoints former Aust Ethical sales head

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Premium Wealth Management has named Paul Harding-Davis, previously the head of sales and marketing at Australian Ethical Investment, as general manager. Harding-Davis will start later this month and takes over the role vacated by Jeremy Wardell, who ...