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Superfund Group pans for Australian gold

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
Global managed futures fund specialist, Superfund Group, is extending its operations down under to tap into the local demand for alternative investments and commodities. "It could not be better timing for us to expand our product offering to Australia ...

FPA to provide PI insurance to members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... prior to this action, planners would either find their own indemnity insurance or consult the FPA's Broker Panel and obtain a plan that met the association's terms and conditions. Bloch said FPA members are concerned with the variety of terms and conditions ...

Future Fund to adopt ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The Federal Government's Future Fund has confirmed it will be looking at environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as part of its investment strategies in 2008. The government-backed $59.6 billion fund was highlighted by Australian Conservation ...

Rev mortgages new sales down 10pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The SEQUAL Trowbridge Deloitte Reverse Mortgage Study has revealed $466 billion worth of reverse mortgage loans were sold in Australia last year, a 10 per cent fall compared to 2006. While new sales were down, the study found that overall, the sector ...

St George appoints margin lending head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
St George Group has appointed David Curry to general manager of margin lending. Curry was previously St George head of payment solutions and held positions at Westpac, Rothchilds Australia Asset Management and Ernst & Young before joining the bank three ...

Property before super: IPSOS

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... Australians to save money through their super, new research shows many name property as their preferred retirement savings plan. Speaking at a CMFS conference in Brisbane yesterday, research house IPSOS executive director Nicole Torkar said 79 per cent ...

Choice system to cost $90m: CitiStreet

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... is around $20 to $30 million per year, and could reach $90 million by 2012, according to CitiStreet. The global retirement plan administrator revealed the findings in a whitepaper and is now calling for a better super payments strategy as the government's ...

ING PEAL cashes in on private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
ING Private Equity Access Limited (ING PEAL) has sold its entire or part investment at or above the valuation price in a number of companies across three of its underlying funds. Established in 2004, ING PEAL developed a listed multi manager private ...

Macquarie shuts down US mortgage operation

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
A week after Macquarie Bank announced its decision to get out of the Australian mortgage market, the group's US subsidiary Macquarie Mortgages Inc of Jacksonville, Florida, wrote to brokers informing them that it would no longer be accepting applications ...

Broadacre price boom

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
Grain prices climbing to record levels, combined with encouraging rainfall, is stirring excitement in the agribusiness sector for farmers and investors. "Farmers should be planning to cash-in on the predicted high grain prices and plant substantial ...