RARE Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund rating unaffected after hedging change

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services announced that there would be no change to the three-star rating on the RARE Series Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund. This follows a change in hedging... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update

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The news on the European debt crisis was mostly positive with the ECB providing another €529.5bn in cheap 3 year funding to banks. After allowing for rollovers of existing borrowing... Read more continue reading

Bank of Cyprus Australia creates own history

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Bank of Cyprus Australia Limited is proud to announce, that effective Thursday 1 March 2012, the Bank is officially a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited and will... Read more continue reading

No change to rating on UBS Clarion Global Property Securities Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today announced that there would be no change to the five-star rating on the UBS Clarion Global Property Securities Fund (formerly the ING Wholesale Global... Read more continue reading

PJC report on reforms to financial advice

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Responding to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s report on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, the Financial Services Council said it was disappointed at the Committee’s unwillingness to accept industry... Read more continue reading

Ratings on UBS Australian Equity Products unaffected by team developments

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today announced that its ratings on UBS Australian equity products remain unchanged following an announcement by UBS Global Asset Management (UBS Global AM), outlining additional... Read more continue reading

Apostle announces the launch of Convertible Bond Manager

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Apostle Asset Management has formalised a distribution partnership with specialist convertible bond manager, Camden Asset Management (Camden) to offer fixed income and alternatives expertise to Australian investors. Camden Asset Management... Read more continue reading

S&P affirms Aviva Investors Direct Separately Managed Accounts rating as ‘Strong’

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today affirmed  its ‘STRONG’ rating to the Aviva Investors Direct Separately Managed Accounts (DSMA) offering. The rating reflects our conviction that Aviva Investors Australia Ltd.... Read more continue reading

Plan B increases stake in independent dealership

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Plan B Group Holdings Ltd (Plan B) today announced that it has fast-tracked the acquisition of an additional stake in the Queensland-based My Adviser network. The purchase increases Plan B’s... Read more continue reading