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Barclays tops Morningstar sector strength ratings

Barclays Global Investors' Managed Investments Australian share fund has received a sector strength rating of five...

Select attacks APRA on hedge fund warning

Select Asset Management chief investment officer Dominic McCormick has hit back at the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority’s (APRA) recent warning on the use of hedge funds...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries up on war news

Investors reacted to the coalition advances on Baghdad over the weekend with enthusiasm, pushing the All Ordinaries index up 39.30 points...

APRA replaces Strategic Capital trustee as $11 million disappears

The Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority (APRA) has replaced Strategic Capital Superannuation Services as the trustee for the Strategic Capital Superannuation Fund...

Navigator seeking alliances after Titchkosky appointment

Navigator has appointed Deutsche Bank’s Beau Titchkosky in a new role to head up its national distribution development...

Bank of Queensland profits rise 60% to $21.3 million

Bank of Queensland (BoQ) has announced a 60 per cent surge in half-year profits to $21.3 million...

ASIC acts on Permanent compliance breaches

Compliance consultants will conduct of review of Permanent Trustee (PTCL) and Permanent Investment Management (PIML)...

Tasmanian insurance agent jailed

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced that Peter Neilson, a 47-year old director of Tasmanian insurance consultants P.R. Consultants, has been sentenced  to 15 months imprisonment...

Dennis Sams rejoins Towers Perrin as head of research

Dennis Sams has left InTech after three years to rejoin Towers Perrin as head of research...

Hedge funds grow 5% in 2002: Hennessee

The hedge fund industry grew five per cent in 2002 to a total of US$592 billion($987 billion) through manager performance and new capital inflows