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Alpha-beta separation boosts indexing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
The rise of alpha-beta separation and fee-for-service advice is driving new inflows into index funds, according to Susan Darroch, head of structured products at State Street Global Advisors. While recent market returns have done little to harm index ...

BT appoints distribution head for SA and NT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
BT Financial Group has appointed a new head of distribution for South Australia and the Northern Territory. Self-managed super fund (SMSF) specialist and SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) member Neil Sparks joins BT from his previous ...

Macq steaks $700m fund

Macquarie predicts Australia's livestock businesses will benefit from the growing world consumption of red meat and has set up a fund that will target $700 million of acquisition opportunities in the sector. Macquarie Pastoral Fund was launched in January ...

Call for papers

The Financial Standard is calling papers for the upcoming editions of the Journal of Financial Planning and the Journal of Investment Strategy. The Journal of Financial Planning publishes papers on the topics of applied financial planning, consumer ...

S&P downgrades Aust Unity insurance

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... company's posted loss in 2006, he said this was part of the company's start-up costs, and "Calliden's performance is ahead of its plan" of breaking even in 2008. "By combing to two businesses, we start to get very close to that $200 million level, which ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... force data for June and the The Melbourne Institute index of consumer inflation expectations is due. Wealth management group Plan B lists on the Australian stock exchange. Tumbling US stocks, profit-taking and lower metal prices combined to send the ...

Macq banks on appetite for gearing into super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Macquarie has seen healthy inflows into its Managed Fund Instalments thanks to investor appetite for gearing into super. Macquarie said its MFIs, which provided geared exposure to a range of domestic and international markets, had been particularly ...

Clean, green profit machines

New figures show that clean technology companies trumped the Australian sharemarket in the performance stakes over the last financial year with one outperforming stock returning more than 1,000 per cent over the period. Based on the analysis of the ...

Boomers care more for environment than super

Baby Boomers, often referred to as the "Me Generation", are actually more concerned with environmental issues than their superannuation, according to a poll by the National Seniors Association (NSA). Covering 500 baby boomers (defined as having been ...

Simpler Better Super booklet hits mail boxes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
Millions of Simpler Better Super booklets explaining the Government's superannuation reforms have started landing in people's letterboxes, taking the $69 million superannuation campaign to the next level. In explaining the reason behind the 20 page ...