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Segmentation prompts industry warning

MICHAEL HOBBS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
Despite a focus on the younger generation driving a segmented approach to marketing, super funds must correctly implement the strategy to ensure its older members aren't ignored, according to Robin Bowerman, Vanguard Investments head of retail. "If ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... improvement in these indicators, the broader trend remains one of weakness. Europe: Eurozone financial markets will find interest in the flash estimate of Eurozone inflation and the German Ifo index this week, particularly given last week's mixed readings ...

Challenger buys 30pc stake in ex-CS boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
Challenger has snapped up 30 per cent of a soon to be launched fixed interest boutique headed by former head of fixed interest at Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia, Ben Alexander. Challenger will buy one third of the new boutique, expected to ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... Australia's monetary policy meeting held on 5 August reiterated earlier RBA comments suggesting that there is scope to lower interest rates given the slowdown in demand in the Australian economy. As with other central banks, the 5 August minutes revealed ...

Coalition doesn't support higher SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... listen skeptically to those proposing any lift in SG contributions. "It tends to be proposed by people who have a vested interest in boosting superannuation assets. The industry funds would most likely be the primary beneficiaries." Rather than focus ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... suggesting that the Australian economy is losing momentum. This has sparked speculation that the RBA is poised to cut interest rates as early as this month. The same is not true for the US. It appears that in spite of the lingering worries over the housing ...

IRESS buys boost profits

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... first half with revenue increasing by 7.2 per cent from the previous half's profit results. The firm's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation meanwhile, jumped by 14.9 per cent. According to an Australian Securities Exchange statement ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... it called in its lawyers to confirm its right to gain access to documents supporting the information memorandum. Fixed interest portfolio manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, Nick Bishop, is an investor in Lane Cove Tunnel bonds. "At the time the bonds ...

SAM seeks retail distributor for theme funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... major investment institution in Australia to essentially launch these funds," he said. "What we're seeing offshore is the interest in these funds is more retail than institution, therefore we need to find somebody with a retail distribution capability." ...

AXA to list wholesale prop fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
AXA plans to list its $1.07 billion wholesale property fund as a way to avoid any "detrimental" impact on unitholders should volatility in the property sector continue. The firm proposes to list the fund before the end of the year subject to unitholder ...