AMP Capital Investors acquires first Paris property asset

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AMP Capital’s Global Direct Property Fund (GDPF) has acquired a high quality seven-storey office building in L’avenue de Wagram, one of the premier precincts in the Paris CBD region, for... Read more continue reading

Aussie equities underperform global peers

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Sharemarket Insights The Australian sharemarket has significantly underperformed other major overseas markets this financial year. Some of the factors that have led to this under-performance include higher domestic interest rates,... Read more continue reading

$US breaking down, $A breaking higher

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Key points The $A is continuing to push further above parity against the $US, reaching a 29 year high. This reflects a combination of strong commodity prices, $US weakness and... Read more continue reading

Regulators should not judge super funds on size alone, Russell warns

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Recommends trustees use comprehensive test to meet scale requirements Know your fund first – evaluate before reacting to scale concerns Russell Investments is calling on trustees and industry regulators to... Read more continue reading

Synchron Appoints Michael Harrison Independent Chair

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Respected business strategist, Michael Harrison has been appointed Independent Chair of financial advice business, Synchron, effective April 1, 2011. Mr Harrison, who has worked closely with Synchron since 2007 as... Read more continue reading

BetaShares U.S. Dollar ETF quadruples in size in a month

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BetaShares U.S Dollar ETF (ASX Code: USD) AUM reaches $50 million USD consistently ranking as one of top three most actively traded ETFs BetaShares passes $120 million in AUM three... Read more continue reading

Budget deficit soars to near record high

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Federal budget The underlying budget deficit deteriorated in January and now stands just shy of record highs. In the 12- months to January, the budget deficit totalled $62.3 billion, an... Read more continue reading

AMP upgrades risk insurance offer for new and existing customers

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AMP has launched a range of product enhancements and new service initiatives across its retail and group insurance offerings, effective immediately. AMP Director of Wealth Protection Products Michael Paff said... Read more continue reading

AIST/ Russell launch Super Engagement Index and research

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Superannuation important to 85% of Australians’ retirement A third of fund members don’t know employer contribution amounts New index will allow superannuation funds to track member engagement The Australian Institute... Read more continue reading

Insync FM Sees 2011 as a good time to buy global shares

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Why International Equities Now? International equity fund manager, Insync Funds Management, believes that now is the time to buy global stocks. “Over the last ten years large cap global shares... Read more continue reading