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DIY funds get legal warrant access

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... AMRO's head of equity structured products and warrants, Aaron Stambulich, said the impact of the law's passing would be "huge". "To have legislation actually being passed, rather than relying on policy documents, legitimizing instalment warrants as being ...

Testamentary trusts under review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... protect their assets but at the end of the day there is no use spending money on setting up a complex model if there isn't a huge need for it," he said. But lawyers need to spend more time to ensure their clients understand what is going to happen when ...

Fidelity lures Doherty from Perpetual

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... backed by impressive credentials. We believe this experience, coupled with his strong management capabilities, will be a huge asset to our business.

Seven page PDS insurance breakthrough

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
Allianz has thrown down a huge challenge to the insurance industry with the launch of a direct access life insurance suite of products that not only lower costs by up to 30 per cent but come with a product disclosure statement that is only seven pages. ...

Dalton Nicol Reid seals MBO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... just three of many," he said. Co-founder and chief executive officer, Harley Dalton, said he felt the IMA market offered huge growth potential. "[We] still maintain that we're literally at the bottom or half way up a swell that's gathering momentum," ...

No dumb messages at Datasquirt

... alternative to traditional call centre services. Macquarie's small cap fund manager Neil Carter said the cost savings are huge. It can cost a company anywhere between $5 to $15 to attend to a call through a call centre operator while the same query could ...

Super for members, not nation building

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... Perpetual Investments. In a major speech to Finsia today, Gonzalez said that while the wall of superannuation money presents huge opportunities, it also presents challenges. "For a fund manager operating in a domestic sharemarket which constitutes 2.3 ...

DIY fund insurance more tax effective

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... tax deductible, whereas most insurance policies held outside of superannuation are not. Hamilton said Cavendish had seen a huge increase in enquiries into the insurance option since the governments "simple super" reforms were introduced. "Having a SMSF ...

On the sub-prime defensive

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... type of Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs) that were bringing hedge funds undone. Meanwhile, many councils have reported huge paper losses, and more have come under pressure to declare their exposure. Late last week Manly council issued a press release ...

ANZ eyes ING and maybe AMP

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... of the financial services industry. ANZ needs what CBA, National and Westpac all have, which is the ability to speak for a huge pool of third-party funds, put it together with balance sheet debt and take a front seat in takeovers, restructurings, maybe ...