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Compliance maze killing product innovation

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
The Australian Government must appoint an over-arching body to guide innovators through the regulatory maze or risk missing out on genuine product development in financial services, one of the entrepreneurs behind the new shared equity market contends. ...

HFA absolute return fund approved by S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
HFA's Octane Global Fund has been rated 'investment grade' by Standard & Poor's. S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott, said the the gearing and long-short strategy of the HFA Octane Global Fund meant only investors with a sound understanding of this type of ...

Euro private equity awaits

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
Private equity is a huge universe globally and Australian super funds would do well to broaden their horizons, according to privately owned European private equity and hedge fund of funds specialist Unigestion. "I think as far as [Australian] super ...

Statewide launches target return investment option

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
Top rating public offer super fund Statewide has stepped up its move into long-term strategic investments by launching a target return investment choice. The Statewide Target Return Option invests entirely in infrastructure, property, private equity ...

Government lifts deeming rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
Higher returns across investment markets and higher interest rates have pushed the Federal Government to lift deeming rates for the first time in three years. Deeming rates will increase from 3 per cent to 3.5 per cent and from 5 per cent to 5.5 per ...

FinLit Foundation launches into workplaces

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
The Financial Literacy Foundation is emerging from behind the scenes and is launching a booklet to help financial literacy in the workplace, stepping up its efforts to work with the tertiary education sector and is even launching dramatic productions ...

Going nuts over macadamias

It might sound nutty to some investors but one company is offering a managed investment scheme (MIS) that hopes to crack into the global demand for macadamias. Also known as the Queensland nut or 'kindal kindal' in aboriginal, macadamia is the only ...

DeAM launches global agribusiness fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
Proving that agribusiness is about the long term and not just tax minimisation, Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has announced the launch of a global agribusiness fund. Driving the fund is the worldwide economic growth, rising income levels in the developing ...

Russell best ideas fund recommended by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
Zenith has rated the Russell Select Holdings Fund, a fund of best ideas, recommended on the back of its "sound and logical rationale". The Russell fund compiles a concentrated portfolio of just 20 stocks. The Select Holdings Strategy was launched in ...

St.George restructure at the top

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
St.George Bank has announced a major restructure of the business and a number of key executive changes. A new retail bank and wealth management division has been created, integrating the retail business division headed by David Gall and the retail financial ...