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Govt to address underinsurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
More than one in two planners believe that the government should take a lead in tackling the country's chronic underinsurance, according to a financial planner poll. More than 50 per cent of the attendees at this month's ING OneCare Express roadshow ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 77 points lower to 6619.6 while the All Ordinaries was down 72.2 points to 6654.5. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 65 points lower to 6633 on a volume of 15,372 ...

Aurora to list buy-write income trust

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Aurora Funds Management has launched their initial public offering (IPO) for their Infrastructure Buy-Write Income Trust. The move follows the company's launch of their buy-write property income trust in June, and will offer retail investors what it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... Ltd releases third quarter production figures and miner Zinifex Ltd releases its first quarter production report. Country Road, Allco Finance Group, Toll Holdings, Consolidated Minerals, PaperLinx, GWA International, Adtrans Group, MFS Diversified Group ...

No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
Australian superannuation funds' traditional arguments against sustainable investments are no longer valid, according to a new report from Russell Investment Group. The paper, Sustainable Investing: Marrying Sustainability Concerns with the Quest for ...

Green paper bags top IFSA/Deloitte award

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
Ben Hare, equities dealer at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management, has won the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award for his research paper on the implications of climate change on the investment industry. Each of the 13 candidates needed to be under ...

The many faces of income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Retirees should diversify their income portfolios because income-type products are not like they used to be. Bruce Murphy, head of distribution at Macquarie Funds Management, urged investors to go back to the basics of income investing and start questioning ...

Super funds to invest direct into infrastructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
The recent surge in superannuation inflows could push funds into direct infrastructure investment, according to Gabriel Szondy, managing director of the Centre for Investor Education. With contributions last financial year up between 23 and 35 per cent ...

Carbon trading for consumers: M2

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... approx $8.50 per tonne when the scheme was launched, was equivalent to taking two average Australian cars per year off the road. Reflecting this momentum since its recent launch, ACX is already beginning to expand its product range to offer other tradeable ...

Consultum takes flight

Flight Centre Limited's in-house financial advisory service, MoneyWi$e, has joined national dealer group Consultum Financial Advisers. The MoneyWi$e service, consisting of 15 financial advisers across Australia, is one of travel company Flight Centre's ...