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Member protection costs will hurt: AUSfund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... side over recent good times to bring them back to the table. They need to decide if bearing these costs are in the best interest of its members." According to Fawcett, AUSfund can assist super funds reduce costs by accepting their inactive member funds. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... Australian share market is expected to open higher with with base metal prices jumping and Wall Street making gains as interest-rate-sensitive shares were snapped up by investors. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) continues its two-day meeting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... Fed policy makers, following last week's emergency rate cut to 3.5 per cent, would make another 50 basis points cut in interest rates. All three major stock indices gained more than one per cent on Wall Street overnight. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Vietnamese fund draws global attention

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... The recent listing has attracted the attention of local securities firms and fund managers, along with international interest from investors heralding from Singapore and Korea. Several foreign investment funds operating in Vietnam have also upped their ...

Valad ups stake in UK property

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... billion target. It also expects to target debt in the range of 65 to 70 per cent of total assets in circumstances where interest can be readily serviced from cashflows. "While we have been an active investor and trader in the UK market over the last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... share market is expected to open higher as Wall Street gained ground on the prospect that the US central bank will lift interest rates again and base metal prices generally were up. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets tonight to discuss ...

Yellow Brick Road leads to Calliva

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... Calliva Wealth's website, the company manages more than $130 million invested in equities, hybrids, property and fixed interest. Calliva Wealth's board of directors includes chief executive Vincent Scully, chairman Patrick Handley, non-executive director ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... market of well over two per cent." Mr Heffernan said the main catalyst contributing to the strong resurgence was the US interest rate cut. "Also the fact that one, our market has simply been overdone, and two, there was a lot of margin selling that was ...

New take on old fee debate

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
A better alignment of interest between planners and their clients could be achieved through performance-based fees - similar to those charged by fund managers - but not all planners are convinced. NAB Financial Planning's recent decision to charge fixed ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... anticipation that slower economic growth will reduce energy demand. It's understood that high oil prices have staunched interest rates cuts in Europe where the Bank of England and the European Central Bank remain worried about high inflation. However ...