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netwealth launches global trading on platforms

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Independently owned platform provider netwealth has launched an international securities offering that gives access to securities listed on 10 global exchanges to retail investors via its Wrap and Superannuation platforms. The offer allows the investor ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite a lack of direction from Wall Street at the end of the week with little concrete news for investors to grab on to. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

NAB strengthens asset servicing division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
NAB has appointed Naresh Subramaniam as head of investment services to its asset servicing division. In his new role, Subramaniam will be joining the asset servicing client delivery team where he will focus on further developing and expanding the bank's ...

Defensive investors may have traded risks

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Australian investors may have traded equity risk for interest rate risk, by switching into cash, said Doug Turek, managing director, Professional Wealth. "When people jump from growth to defensive, they place their savings in the hands of central banks," ...

Fiducian acquires three fin planning firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
The non-bank aligned financial services organisation Fiducian Portfolio Services has acquired three small financial planning firms, adding $65 million to its existing $1 billion of funds under advice to the firm. The three financial planning firms have ...

netwealth cost focus pays off

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
netwealth Investment Wrap is CoreData's Platform of the Year for 2012 on the strength of advisers allocating client funds on the basis of perceived value. The number of respondents surveyed by CoreData who selected value as the basis for allocation ...

Doing our bit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
In my book last week has gotta be one of the boring-est weeks of 2012. But with most equity markets ending on the plus side, boring is good enough for me. Reports that the US economy created 163,000 jobs in July - better than the 100K expected - sent ...

BlackRock expands fixed income team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
BlackRock Australia has expanded its Sydney-based fixed income team with the appointment of Michael Prljaca as portfolio manager. The appointment creates a new position and is a move to shore up capabilities among changes to fixed income investing by ...

StatewideSuper re-signs Bravura

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
South Australian based StatewideSuper has signed another three year contract with wealth management software provider Bravura Solutions to ensure further access to its ePASS superannuation technology. StatewideSuper's web portal is currently powered ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
The Australian shares are higher despite falls on Wall Street and European markets overnight. At 1022 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.1 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 4,1115.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 9.1 ...