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Future Fund to become top insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Future Fund has signed up Vanguard, State Street, CFS GAM and QIC as its debut investment managers, but there's more to come as the fund strives to become the country's "leading institutional investor". Speaking at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower according to the March SPI futures index, but New York is trading higher on record oil prices and base metal prices were stronger in London overnight. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon, weighed down by the financial sector after ANZ Banking revealed larger than expected provisioning for bad corporate debts. US equity markets were mixed following a low outcome for a consumer sentiment survey. ...

Diversity pays in wealth management: CBA

Commonwealth Bank's wealth management business posted double-digit growth thanks to institutional cash mandates, investment returns and inflows into FirstChoice in the six months to December. The bank was not immune to the impact of the sub-prime asset ...

Right advice delivers $1.7m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Quantifying the actual value of professional financial advice is no simple feat, but the latest case studies by the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) found eight Australians reaped a total $1.7 million in savings and profits with the ...

Iraqi economic growth to hit 7 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Iraq's economy is on track to reach GDP growth rates in 2008 of 7 per cent, driven by oil price movements, economic reforms and surging foreign exchange reserves, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week. The upbeat assessment is based on ...

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
On the eve of the implementation of the most significant provision of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the regulator Austrac has conceded that there is a big loophole in the law. Austrac issued a statement yesterday, saying ...

Aviva buys Meritum stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
Aviva Australia has purchased a shareholding stake in Melbourne-based Meritum Financial Group. Established in 2004, Meritum Financial Group (Meritum) has more than 80 advisers and more than $2.6 billion in funds under advice. "This acquisition is important ...

Retirement on hold for longer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
Electoral backlash or not, fiscal pressures and demographic change are forcing nations around the world to slowly raise their retirement age and while Australians won't openly admit it just yet, we will soon have to follow suit. Tim Jenkins, Mercer's ...

Suncorp Aus equities team sets up boutique

Suncorp Investment Management suffers a big blow after its top-ranked Australian equities team, in charge of more than $5 billion in funds, resigned to start a boutique. Boutique incubator Pinnacle Investment Management has signed employment contracts ...