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Challenger to use SimCorp Order Mgmt3

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
James Packer-backed Challenger Financial Services Group has upgraded its use of SimCorp Dimension by licensing Order Management3 to manage its front office operations. Order Management3 is the recently released trade order management software module ...

Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Australia's managed funds industry may soon undergo a major tax revamp as Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen calls for the Board of Taxation to review taxation arrangements applying to the sector. Minister Bowen told an Investment and Financial Services ...

Calliva offers SuperAccess to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Mortgages and superannuation funds meet at a crossroads in a new market venture that will give self-managed super funds (SMSF) members the chance to invest in property through their mortgage loans. ASX listed Firstfolio has partnered with specialist ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today as Wall Street gained ground on Friday. Base metal prices were mostly weaker in London, however, which could cap gains. At 0745 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index ...

Asian REITs continue to sizzle

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
Investor appetite for Asian commercial and residential property is forecasted to grow in the medium term despite an expected sluggish global property market in 2008. Peter Mitchell, CEO of the Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA) said at a nabCapital-sponsored ...

BlackRock fund treads allocation balance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
Global investment manager BlackRock adjusts the nuts and bolts of its asset allocation alpha fund so that the fund can comfortably ride out the volatile markets. Speaking at a BlackRock conference in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock head of asset allocation ...

FPA takes it to the grassroots

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has established the Future Financial Planners Council, made up of the country's key industry players, to raise awareness of the profession among university students. The Council will design marketing material ...

Harvesting performance from agribusiness

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
Returns might be hard to find on world stock markets but agricultural markets are continuing to sprout new growth. According to the Commonwealth Bank February Agri indicators report, "The Agribusiness sector continues to hold up well despite the uncertainty ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower as Wall Street lost ground on lower oil prices and manufacturing surveys showed slower activity. Base metal prices were stronger overnight in London, however, which could help cap losses today. At ...

AWU campaigns for opt-in super

The Australian Workers' Union national secretary Paul Howes has called on the Federal Government to allow Australian voters the option to direct their tax cuts into their super fund. In an articled published in today's Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne ...