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India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... "We all grew up in a culture where we expected the rupee to keep depreciating. We took it for granted. But now we have to plan for how we will cope with an appreciating currency," said Rajnikant Patel, chief executive officer of the Bombay Stock Exchange. ...

The unpopular outperformer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
SGH20, a fund managed by SG Hiscock & Company has received little platform interest despite being the best performing Australian large cap blended fund in the last 12 months, returning more than 58 per cent. Launched in October 2004, Rainmaker data ...

Money tips for independent women: ANZ

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Following a commissioned research that revealed even confident women can feel intimidated when it comes to investing, ANZ has created a website that allows them to figure out a financial solutions for themselves before seeking expert advice. The bemoneyconfident.com ...

Internet threat gets mobile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Financial institutions need to understand that the use of USB memory sticks could lead to information leakage and increases the risk of employees inadvertently downloading malware onto their systems, according Larry Bridwell, vice president global security ...

Rising Star calls for home loan tax relief

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Association of Financial Advisers 2007 Rising Star winner Chris Browne has suggested Australia could end its Gen X and Y housing affordability problems by extending tax deductions on margin loans to home loans. He said while the idea was not a new one ...

SMSFs save via industry fund schemes

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Industry super funds' direct share investment options are tempting some self managed super funds (SMSFs) to rollover their accounts to save themselves the administration burdens and still keep the flexibility. Julie Lander, CARE Super chief executive ...

RFM signs with InvestmentLink

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Property trust manager Reed Funds Management (RFM) has signed a deal to distribute client account information to advisers through InvestmentLink's e-Portfolio data service. The agreement will increase RFM's distribution range to 9000 advisers nationwide ...

Comminsure motors along

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
The bancassurance model is alive and well. The Commonwealth Bank's life and general insurance business, Comminsure, has moved to do its own underwriting on its car insurance product because it believes it can get greater value out of its retail network ...

Gen X and baby boomers clash on FP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
The recent sub prime-related market re-rating has exposed a divide between how retirees and younger investors perceive the performance of their financial planner. According to the Lifeplan University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial ...

The missed education on margin lending

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... and marketing at Macquarie Investment Lending. "Using instalment gearing combines investment lending with a regular savings plan, using whatever monthly savings an investor has, then adding borrowed funds from a loan. This means an investor can start ...