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Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... reference' provisions mean that while critical information, such as costs, historical returns, risk and conflicts of interest is required in the primary documentation, product providers will have the freedom to provide further information online if they ...

CPA Australia and SEQUAL team up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
Accounting body CPA Australia has worked with the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) to develop a new guide for members who are advising clients on reverse mortgages. Kath Bowler, CPA Australia financial planning policy ...

Time to look at Gen Xers

Many Gen Xers may be dirt poor compared to baby boomers but super funds who ignore this market segment do so at their own peril, according to Scott Pape, a finance expert and a Gen Xer. Pape, the 28 year old author of best selling book The Barefoot ...

SELECT taps into futures with new fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... Select Futures Fund aims to exploit directional movements in over 80 global futures markets including bonds, currencies, interest rates, stock indices, agricultural, energy and metal markets. "The Futures Fund will be accessed as a building block for ...

Members should update binding beneficiaries: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... out members' superannuation death benefits can be very onerous for super fund trustees, said the peak superannuation interest group "The laws surrounding payment of a superannuation death benefits are often quite different from inheritance law, with ...

ASIC acts to shut down scheme owing nearly $8m

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... Act 2001 since the scheme opened on 21 May 2003. It is alleged West and his company solicited loans from investors at interest rates of up to 3 per cent per month, on-lending those funds to borrowers for commercial purposes. ASIC alleged that the majority ...

Global Octance Fund takes off

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... particular capital protected absolute return funds," Jensen said. "We would expect Octane Global to generate tremendous interest throughout our extensive distribution network."

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... the housing industry reaching historical lows, the Federal Reserve Bank in the US will be under pressure not to raise interest rates even though core personal inflation is expected to reach about 2.3 per cent annualised when data is released later this ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... the S&P 500 logged its biggest weekly gain since 2003 on speculation that the Federal Reserve's next move will be an interest rate cut. The Dow and the S&P were buoyed by a jump in General Motors Corp shares on speculation that the automaker will not ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... consolidated Wednesday's gains and re-evaluated expectations that the Federal Reserve's next policy move would be an interest rate cut. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 13.62 points to 12,461.14 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.50 points ...