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Aust funds underexposed to small caps: Franklin Templeton

... the sector was a rich and virtually untapped investment opportunity for Australian fund managers. "The small cap market is huge, and a team of specialists can given investment managers a sizeable advantage," Gall said. "Given the opportunities for alpha ...

ASIC chairman Lucy warns super advisers not to abuse choice laws

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
... said there will be some advisers who will try to take advantage of financially naive super holders. \"Industry will have a huge responsibility to make sure consumers\' rights to choose are not abused. For our part, we will be monitoring switching advice ...

ATO ruling leaves consumers exposed; CPA

... consumer, who takes the word of the planner," said Kathy Bowler, financial planning technical adviser at CPA Australia. "Huge capital gains tax bills have been incurred, which the consumer wasn't aware of until after the event," she said. The financial ...

Reverse Mortgages on the comeback: Datamonitor

... contributing to a maximum $250 million outlayed with the majority being provided by CBA and St George. "But market potential is huge," Boorman says. "An estimated 80% of individuals aged 60 and over own their home and at the end of 2003 the total value ...

Super fraud thwarted

... picked up by accident. "If the former then its actually a good news story. If the latter then the lessons for the industry are huge. "But it also tells us that the challenge of fraud protection is going to get bigger for super funds for the simple reason ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2004
... hit, led by aluminum producer Alcoa Inc, on concerns that credit restrictions in China could slow its growth and curb its huge appetite for raw materials. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 135.56 points, or 1.29%, to 10,342.60. The Standard & Poor's ...

Vamos resigns from ASIC

... business, Vamos Consulting, something she had been considering for some time. An ASIC spokesperson said Vamos had been a huge asset to the regulator, and was vital to the implementation of the FSR legislation. It confirmed the search for Vamos' successor ...

Free trade deal goes public, but attacked over PBS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... farmers would be $3 billion better off, and orange growers stood to gain up to $1 million. He said the overall package was a huge bonus to Australian firms looking to crack the lucrative US market.

Liquidator sees big rise in failing small business

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2004
A veteran liquidator said he had seen a huge rise in the number of small businesses folding because they were unable to come to grips with the tax system. Dean McVeigh of Melbourne's Foremans Business Advisers said he has been dealing with more distressed ...

Australian equity fund managers add value in 2003: survey

... average annual return of 7% - 10% can reasonably be expected over the long-term, year-to-year variability in returns can be huge at times,\" said Intech senior consultant, Andrew Korbel. Korbel said the annual return from the Australian equity market ...