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Count buys $6m stake in Mortgage Choice

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Financial advice firm Count Financial has palmed a $6 million slice of Mortgage Choice as it ups its stake in the mortgage advice space. Count acquired a 4.9 per cent interest in the mortgage broker under the advice of Lehman Brothers, noted a statement ...

Perpetual capital protected gains $130m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
ASX listed Perpetual Limited's capital protected structured products has attracted more than $130 million from retail investors. Perpetual's general manager structured products, Russel Chesler, said despite difficult market conditions and increasing ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight (16 July) Fed Gloom US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before the US Congress last night catapulted the Australian dollar to a 25-year high in overnight trading. The Australian dollar broke above the US$0.9800 ...

Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Property experts predict the LPT sell-off will trigger a price correction in the direct property market but at least when the dust settles, super funds should enjoy illiquidity premiums not seen in years. Latest Rainmaker Data shows the performance ...

The hedge that saves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Global insurers that invested heavily in so-called 'investment guarantee' products escaped the brunt of the liquidity crisis, giving actuarial firm Milliman the idea to explore how the same strategy could work for mums-and-dads investors in Australia. ...

Schroders launches geared global fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... from up to 50 countries," he said. "Broad diversification across stocks, industries and countries reduces the risk of blow-ups from one stock and currency hedging is important to ensure that gearing doesn't magnify currency volatility."

AdviserLogic launches planner-friendly software

... company also provides all the necessary IT infrastructure, providing the server system and doing the mandatory daily back-ups, security checks and basic administrative duties. "The planner is not tied to the desktop as everything is web-based," he said. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... cent to 5,418.8. NEW YORK - US shares declined in choppy trade as weak economic data and a bleak outlook from delivery giant UPS darkened the mood ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell ...

Iron Ore price jumps 85 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
For a country that complains about paying record high oil prices, Australia is set to enjoy an export revenue bonanza as it exploits shortages in world food, commodities and resources. Yesterday the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics ...

Perpetual Series 3 still tax effective

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
Perpetual clarified the tax effectiveness of its Protected Investments - Series 3 after the federal government changed the interest rate deductibility of capital protected borrowings. The firm's Protected Investments - Series 3 allows investors to gear ...