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Rising Star calls for home loan tax relief

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... invested into people's superannuation or via other financial services products. "The Australian Tax Office already makes interest repayments on loans used for investment purposes tax deductible. But this luxury is rarely utilised by the people who need ...

JANA and InTech lead IC scoreboard

... namely growth portfolios, Australian shares, international shares (unhedged), Australian listed property, Australian fixed interest and international fixed interest (unhedged). On the whole, the average implemented consultant either lagged or performed ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
Australian shares traded in a small range this morning, leaving them marginally down at midday after a weak lead from the US and a rise in oil and gold prices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 13.6 points lower at 6411.8, while the All ...

Reverse mortgages, three years on

... would happen if they breached a loan condition. More disconcerting was the fact one in five did not know how compound interest worked. The availability of loan credit also meant some respondents found it hard to budget or resist the spend. 'Some borrowers ...

India calls for better financial services

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... funds, small/mid/large cap funds, thematic funds, derivative funds, floating rate funds and fixed maturity funds. A lot of interest has been shown in liquid-plus funds," said Agarwal. Behind this too is an army of 60,000 distributor-advisers and two ...

India's investment exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
The demand for investment products in India is so great that some companies have closed their initial public offerings (IPOs) oversubscribed by a factor of 100. "There is such a thirst for investment products that any product that is remotely interesting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
The Australian sharemarket was in the red at noon following sharp falls in base metal prices and another soft lead from Wall Street. At 1202 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 33.2 points lower at 6495.4, while the All Ordinaries had declined ...

Jay-Z versus Greenspan

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... this year to 10 per cent in 2008. If policy makers didn't react to stem the tide of foreclosures, and inflation drove interest rates up, he predicted prices could fall by 15 to 20 per cent. As in Australia, consumers are a big threat to inflation, and ...

Tyndall/Suncorp to merge fixed interest teams

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
Tyndall/Suncorp will merge their two separate fixed income teams next quarter and increase staff numbers at their global macro team over the next year as part of a broader growth strategy, according to managing director Brett Himbury. Himbury said the ...

What members want

A Telstra Super research study on what its members want has revealed some surprising results, including how much people are willing to pay and for what services. Speaking at the ASFA conference yesterday, Telstra Super's general manager in marketing ...