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Industry funds steering clear of FHSAs

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... about a third planned to offer an FHSA. Most of those that are planning to offer an account will use a product supplied by a bank, such as Members Equity Bank. AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds said the survey result indicated that while fund trustees ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... overnight. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up 39 points at 5,377. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens addresses American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch on `Economic Conditions'. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... takeover target Rio Tinto was off $3.46, or 2.62 per cent, to $128.64. Meanwhile, the banking sector declined with Commonwealth Bank down $1.27, or 2.96 per cent, to $41.57, Westpac losing 63 cents, or 2.83 per cent, to $21.62, ANZ fell 50 cents, or ...

Russell launches integrated super banking account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... their pension fund and other savings including pension cheques, direct share dividends and personal cheques via one of the bank's ATMs. Russell will provide the underlying multi manager investments and ANZ supplies cash management and other banking transaction ...

Market wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
SYDNEY - The Australian share market is expected to open lower after a poor performance on Wall Street overnight as a renewed spike in oil prices worried investors. At 0756 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 90 ...

Australia gets Chinese QDII status

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Australian financial services operators will now get direct access to Chinese domestic investment funds after Australia was approved as an official investment destination under the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) scheme. The QDII scheme ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... lower after a mostly weaker performance on Wall Street overnight as inflation worries were stoked after US Federal Reserve Bank chairman, Ben Bernanke, said the Fed would work hard to keep inflation expectations in check. At 0800 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was down more than two per cent at noon, as the banks led declines after US investment bank Lehman Brothers announced overnight it expects an unprecedented second-quarter loss. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Challenger JV opens EM infrastructure doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... managers have already committed $182.1 million in capital which has been sourced from investors including Mizuho Corporate Bank and Access Capital Advisers. The fund will be managed by both firms under the guidance of Andrew Jones and Masayoshi Hosoya ...

Bakers launch alt energy retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... presents an increasingly attractive prospect to investors." According to Baker, the firm was working with a US investment bank to launch a series of structured products which are expected to be distributed by Australian institutions later this year.