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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, led by gains in the big miners and energy stocks after oil reached new highs and metal prices rallied. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 44.2 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 5,975.2, while ...

SMSFs buoy netwealth FUA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
While some platforms reported a drop in fund inflows, growing support from self-managed super funds boosted netwealth's funds under administration (FUA) by 50 per cent to $960 million over the year. Overall, netwealth's funds under management increased ...

AIST calls for SMSF reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has called for reforms to the self-managed superannuation fund sector, including minimum trustee education requirements. Specifically, the group has recommended the advice provided by accountants ...

PIS to list best practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is planning to list a business which will feature some of its top financial planning and accounting practices. The division's holding company, Professional Investment Holdings, intends to purchase 20 to 25 per ...

Banks enjoy mortgage windfall, sort of

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
The reverse mortgage market is in the doldrums following the withdrawal from the market by one lender and sharp cutbacks by a couple of others. But brokers report that while there is still demand from people who need access to funds even though applications ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... highest closes since January 3. News late in the session that key members of the US Senate reached a deal on a housing rescue plan raised hopes for the beleaguered home market. Investors poured into technology stocks after financier Carl Icahn started ...

Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
Smarter planning software programs have triggered a fundamental change in how financial advisers provide life insurance to clients, according to an Investment Trends report. The report surveyed 1,600 advisers in November last year and found that of ...

US fund giant MFS lands down under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
With the confusion around its namesake MFS (now Octaviar) out of the way, US fund manager MFS, which boasts more than $300 billion in FUM, has set up an office in Sydney. The opening further cements MFS' longstanding distribution partnership with BNP ...

AMP roadmap to growth

AMP's newly-appointed chief executive Craig Dunn has outlined the group's five-pronged growth plan ahead of the predicted doubling of the superannuation industry's size within the next 10 years. Speaking at the group's Annual General Meeting (AGM) today ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... Mac, seen as a housing market barometer, brightened the mood on Wall Street by raising its growth outlook and unveiling a plan to raise new capital to support the beleagured home loan market. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 66.20 points, or 0.52 ...