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BT Margin Lending booming

BT has recorded strong growth in its BT Margin Lending business, with total loans under administration now exceeding $4.2 billion. Chris Freeman, BT's head of wealth and wrap solutions, said the growth was being driven by a number of factors. "Our growth ...

ING set to ride structured credit wave

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has launched a new diversified, high-yield leveraged investments product - INGIM Global Yield Maximiser. The product intends to ride the wave of growth in structured credit in particular, and will invest in a range ...

AFS increases stake in Salisbury

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
AFS has acquired a 'strategic stake' The Salisbury Group (TSG) dealership, adding 30 financial planning practices to its books and expanding its Funds Under Advice (FUA) to $6 billion. The full extent of the increase is unclear, as AFS chief executive ...

Rare coins and banknotes fund to raise $25m

Hindal Securities plans to raise $25 million through a fund that invests in rare Australian coins and banknotes, giving investors exposure to an alternative asset class that boasts returns as high as 35 per cent. From the '1813 Holey Dollar' to the ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

An asset allocation expert from leading index manager Vanguard has put forward the case for a portfolio construction model that invests around 40 per cent in active strategies. In a whistlestop visit to Australia, Nelson Wicas, a US based principal ...

AXA boosts profits, broadens Asian market reach

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
AXA chairman Rick Allert announced a 25 per cent jump in net profits, increases in capital and investment earnings and the acquisition of Winterthur Hong Kong at AXA's AGM last week. Net profit was up from $542.4 million in 2005 to $677.8 million in ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
The Australian share market has continued yesterday's barnstorming run, charting further record territory this morning after near record highs on Wall Street and strong performances from the big resources stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Orchard buys max Super

Orchard Funds Management has acquired max Super for an undisclosed sum ahead of fresh announcements regarding its diversified funds operations. Orchard, which manages over $3.5 billion in funds across products ranging from social infrastructure funds ...

LPTs outgun other asset classes in long term: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
Listed investments outperformed other asset classes over the last 20 years, with Australian shares beating their overseas counterparts, according to the 2007 ASX/Russell Long-Term Investing report. The report found Australian LPTs delivered the best ...

Macq and UNSW do the maths

Macquarie Bank has teamed up with academics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to develop a faster mathematical method to calculate the risks of investing in highly complex finance products. Under the initiative, the bank will work with researchers ...