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Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for default super fund selections to be banned because they block consumers from developing customised retirement strategies. Speaking at the first day of public hearings in Sydney for the Parliamentary ...

Not sold on high conviction: WestLB Mellon

Concentrated or high conviction funds are great but diversified long-short funds are even better, according to a performance comparison study by investment manager WestLB Mellon Asset Management (WMAM). With high conviction funds gaining popularity ...

Insurance brands to stand in Promina and Suncorp merger

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
The house of brands approach used by Suncorp and Promina will remain in place following the merger of the two, but with some refinement. Suncorp uses the Suncorp brand in banking and wealth management, and the GIO brand in insurance. Promina has a host ...

Suncorp set to pay $7.9b for Promina

Suncorp-Metway (Suncorp) has proposed to acquire all the shares in Promina for around $7.9 billion in a deal that would form a $20 billion diversified financial services group with Suncorp chief executive officer, John Mulcahy, at the helm. Under the ...

Reverse mortgage sector picking up pace

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
In the first comprehensive study undertaken on the Australian reverse mortgage industry, actuarial firm Trowbridge Deloitte reported that the sector had doubled its value in the last 18 months as the reverse mortgage products gained traction. The study ...

Derivative Fitch rates structured products

Fitch Ratings has launched what it claims is the first ratings agency specialising in the global credit derivatives market, which is fast approaching the $44 trillion (US$33 trillion) mark thanks to the rising demand for structure products. The new ...

Contrarian managers make a comeback

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
Active managers are falling behind their contrarian counterparts after Australian share managers turned in their worst quarterly performance since 1990, according to Intech Investment Consulting. Intech senior investment analyst, Fraser Murray, said ...

Agribusiness still appeals to lenders

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
Leaving aside the current crisis, bankers still see the rural sector as an attractive market. Westpac's general manager for agribusiness banking Graham Jennings said the bank has added 45 agribusiness bankers to his team in the past 12 months. The bank's ...

Westpac appoints new REIT manager

Lianne Buck has left her post as fund manager of the newly launched Westpac Residential Property Trust (WRPT) and has been replaced through an internal promotion. Buck resigned due to personal reasons, with her partner accepting a job overseas. Taking ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market at noon was holding onto positive territory after US markets rose to a record close on Friday. Resources stocks, including gold, were generally higher, but the major banks were lower. CMC Markets market analyst David Land ...