Gold stocks falling short on returns

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Most of the gold stocks in Australia’s gold mining index returned less than the gold price over the last three years according to E.I.M. Capital Managers. Many investors buy gold

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CommSec: China’s inflation dragon is being tamed

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Chinese economic data Inflation still creeping higher. China’s annual inflation rate rose from 5.3 per cent to a 34-month high of 5.5 per cent in May. But the result was

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S&P:’New’ ratings Russell After Tax and Income Shares Funds

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S&P Rates Russell Australian After Tax Fund As Four Stars And Russell Enhanced Income Shares Fund As Three Stars   Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its four-star ‘NEW’

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ASIC: orders to wind up Global Rule

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ASIC obtains orders to wind up Global Rule ASIC has obtained orders, by consent, in the Supreme Court of Queensland appointing Mr Michael McCann, of Grant Thornton, as liquidator of

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ASX launches free online ETF courses

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The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has launched seven new and free online courses designed to help investors understand exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETFs and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) invest in a portfolio

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Emerging Resources Company Share Fund ranked 4th by Morningstar

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The Emerging Resources Company Share Fund managed by boutique equity fund manager E.I.M. Capital Managers celebrated its fifth anniversary at the end of April. It achieved a 15.8% pa return over

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AMP Capital appoints Global Head of Infrastructure

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AMP Capital Investors today announced Scott Davies has been appointed as AMP Capital’s new Global Head of Infrastructure, effective July 2011. This comes after Phil Garling, AMP Capital’s current Global Head

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Retirement can lead to a feeling of abandonment

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It is increasingly recognised that the need for financial advice grows rather than declines in retirement. Yet many baby boomers will find that their financial adviser will also retire at around

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AIOFP paper: FOFA – a chance to get it right

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Peter Johnston, on behalf of Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners, released a discussion paper entitled “FOFA – a chance to get it right” with recommendations for changes to proposed

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Asgard supports advisers with new features for eWRAP platform

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Asgard has released an extensive range of new features for its eWRAP platform designed to drive greater productivity and profitability by helping advisers to deliver more customised advice for more

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