S&P places three Macquarie funds ‘on hold’

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has placed three Macquarie Investment Management Ltd. funds ‘On Hold’, following the resignation with immediate effect of portfolio manager Neil Carter, and analysts Jim Copland... Read more continue reading

Up to 60 new places in bank scholarship program

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has launched one of Australia’s largest university scholarship programs. Up to 60 new scholarships will be awarded to first-time students whose circumstances might otherwise preclude them... Read more continue reading

Managed Futures and Macro Funds shine in tumultuous third quarter

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has released ratings of its Alternatives–Futures sector review which include Commodity Futures, Commodity Trading Adviser (CTA)/Managed Futures, and Global Macro funds. BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha Fund... Read more continue reading

No ratings changes to Advance funds following changes

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services have announced that there would be no change to the ratings on the Advance Property Securities Multiblend Fund, or the Advance Australian Shares Multiblend Fund, following... Read more continue reading

ASIC reaches eighth Westpoint settlement

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ASIC has reached a settlement of its Federal Court proceeding against Queensland-based financial services firm, Strategic Joint Partners Pty Ltd (SJP). The settlement concerns a claim for compensation on behalf... Read more continue reading

2012 to be a better year for advisers

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While advisers may think they have a lot to be depressed about, what with difficult operating conditions because of tough economic environment and continuing regulatory changes, they shouldn’t lose sight... Read more continue reading

The new van Eyk View iPad App

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Investment research house van Eyk has this week launched its new iPad app, The van Eyk View. The app is an expanded, monthly version of van Eyk’s long-running client newsletter,... Read more continue reading

Lonsec continues to build its research team

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Lonsec has made further appointments to its research team in the past few months, including a specialist quantitative analyst and a senior consultant within the Investment Consulting team. Anh Nguyen... Read more continue reading

Altius appoints credit specialist

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Fixed interest specialist fund manager Altius Asset Management has appointed Vanessa Thomson to the role of head of credit research.  Ms Thomson has eighteen years experience in the financial services... Read more continue reading

Ventura assists advisers in becoming FOFA ready

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Kate Mulligan, Managing Director of Ventura Investments Management Ltd, has announced a price reduction for its Ventura Wholesale Funds. The price reduction accompanies the re-appointment of Russell Investments as the investment... Read more continue reading