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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... points to 6279.1 while the all ordinaries index dumped 70.4 points to 6298.6. NEW YORK - US stocks fell overnight, as interest-rate concerns spurred investors to lock in profits from the market's recent rally. News that sales of new homes climbed at ...

Implemented consultants not performing: Counterpoint

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... difference of 70 basis points across one to five years. Figures for the Australian listed property sector and local fixed interest markets matched single manger performance, but underperformed in some years. The report casts doubt on the implemented ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... said the Australian dollar had opened higher on the back of news overnight that UK's central bank had considered raising interest rates. The release of minutes from the Bank of England's board meeting earlier this month weakened the US dollar, which ...

Retirement banking comes of age

... facility for those aged over 60. In the past, retirees keep their emergency cash reserves in a non-super account where the interest earned is taxed. By contrast, Prime CMA is a tax-free cash account because it is classified as pension. "What we're doing ...

Use super for national interests: Weaven

... this growth in super assets and see it as a major positive for Australia, the potential significance for the national interest has not as yet been grasped," he said. "What these aggregates actually mean is that a 1 per cent pa lift in net performance ...

Economic round-up: Hey big spenders

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... applied to inflation. The general consensus among equally confident economists is that all is well on the inflation and interest rate fronts, following the unexpected slowing of our first quarter wages growth. But, for how long can we maintain moderate ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... economy and hurt corporate profit growth. Shares of MGM Mirage surged 27 per cent after investor Kirk Kerkorian expressed interest in buying two Las Vegas properties from MGM Mirage Inc Speculation about more deals in the sector drove up the shares of ...

Value planners on profitability, not scale

... are incorrectly based on their size or 'funds under administration' (FUA) when it should be based on "earnings before interest and tax" (EBIT). On the surface EBIT is king but the reality is often different. "Industry figureheads continually argue that ...

Aberdeen capitalises on expanded talent pool

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... overseas credit products following the March acquisition of Deutsche Asset Management's (DeAM) Australian equities and fixed interest capabilities. Director of business development, Neil Hegarty, said Aberdeen was looking to use recently acquired offshore ...

Planners must build trust and stay on message: Koch

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... people's passion for cars, he said that while many people enjoyed driving fast cars only a small number took a great interest in what went on under the bonnet. He also said the industry needed to keep on message, as it was easy to forget that just as ...