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Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... then, the financial markets' logic was different. It was higher commodity prices lift inflation, put upward pressure on interest rates, slow spending, weaken economic growth, reduce corporate profits - equities fall. This logic was there for all to see ...

Goldman Sachs downgraded but fixed interest pays

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Active Australian fixed interest funds performed well in 2010, according to Standard & Poor's Fund Services, which upgraded two managers and downgraded one. Aberdeen Australian Fixed Income and Advance Australian Fixed Interest Multi-Blend were upgraded ...

Industry funds primed for more planning deals

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Industry funds are expected to follow AustralianSuper's lead in forming closer alliances with financial planners, as they look to provide advice to more members. News that the $37 billion AustralianSuper will partner with six financial planning groups ...

Advisers launch FOFA attack

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Now the Budget is over financial adviser groups have come out swinging over the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, rallying members to pressure the Government to scrap their most hated measures. The two key points adviser groups want scrapped ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... latest Rainmaker study. Its mandates were apportioned with 98 to alternative investments, three to cash, six to fixed interest, 17 to property, 36 to equity and one to a diverse category. Pearce said some of the biggest mandates were in fixed interest. ...

Apostle Asset builds distrib team

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Apostle Asset Management is building their distribution team as it prepares to capitalise on investor's renewed interest in equities. The investment manager has appointed Greg Johnson as director of sales to expand its distribution team. "With the recover ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... -- made more real by the Polish central bank's surprise rate hike last night. You, I, and Irene know that with higher interest rates, growth slows. You, I, and Irene know that slower growth means less demand for commodities and the... tarahhh... commodity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... helped propel the NZ sharemarket higher on a day other markets posted gains. There was also a corporate play to provide interest with DNZ Property Fund revealing it has approached Argosy Property Trust with a "merger" plan under which DNZ Property will ...

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... Group won three mandates in Australian equities, two in international equities, four in property, six in Australian fixed interest, one in international fixed interest and four in alternatives. The biggest, awarded by Commonwealth Bank Officers' Superannuation ...

Budget 2011: minor investors cut short

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... the age of 18, will no longer be able to access the LITO to reduce tax payable on unearned income such as dividends, interest and rent. This measure will not impact income earned by minors from work, unearned income of minors who are orphans or disabled ...