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AMP won't be fifth banking pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
AMP's decision to strengthen wealth management, not banking, should it merge with AXA just made the government's task of bringing more competition in banking that much harder. Craig Dunn, AMP managing director, told ABC television yesterday that the ...

Planners select HUB24

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
The managed accounts sector wins a fresh batch of advocates after unified managed accounts provider HUB24 signed five dealer groups, representing $650 million in assets, to its UMA platform. The dealer groups, some using managed accounts for the first ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
The Australian share market remained marginally lower at noon with softer than expected third quarter economic growth not having a major impact on equities. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.2 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4,575.2 ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
he "Rape of Europa" continues. Investors are circling around like vultures around Portugal and Spain perhaps until the whole of Europe burns. Oh yes, Virginia, there's a niggling feeling that ultimately Europa will be raped and this would cause untold ...

More voice needed in policy debate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Super funds controlling Australia's $1.3 trillion retirement savings have not played a strong enough role in policy debates and need to lift their game, said the chief of the country's largest industry fund. Ian Silk, chief executive of the $33 billion ...

Dark pools get darker

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
So-called 'dark pool' providers ITG and Instinet have announced a reciprocal liquidity access agreement that will allow each firm's institutional clients increased liquidity opportunities in Asia-Pacific. Instinet clients will use the firm's NighthawkA(R) ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the newly-appointed Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the ...

Clash of the titans on housing bubble

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
The debate over an Australian housing bubble resurfaced this week and two of the world's leading investment houses are on opposite sides of the argument. GMO's Jeremy Grantham, a self-confessed student of asset price bubbles and an outspoken believer ...

QE2 still the main game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
There is really nothing much to report today. Wall Street rose... a bit. The US dollar depreciated... more than a bit. There were positive reports out overnight. The third quarter reporting season is good. More than 86 per cent of companies in the S&P ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
A leading strategist at one of Australia's largest investment managers argues the case for more government debt in Australia, and says that super funds could play a key role in absorbing higher bond issuance. Stephen Halmarick, head of investment research ...