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Beware the private equity trap

... warned that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) should think twice before tying up with a private equity fund. While high profile private equity bids for Coles and Qantas have dominated newspaper pages, Hall Chadwick insolvency partner, Geoff McDonald ...

Use super for national interests: Weaven

Industry funds management chair Garry Weaven has called on the government to harness the superannuation system to offset costs relating to climate change, infrastructure and the retirement needs of an ageing population. In an address to the National ...

Compliance pushes SMSFs in new direction

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... said Slattery. "Just because you've got money doesn't mean you should be in SMSFs. You should be not only the correct profile, but your circumstances should require you to have it."

BT beats Vanguard on tax: Aviva

... funds available on its platform. Worth noting is that the ranking looks beyond the funds' after-tax return figure and risk profile. Instead, the top five funds were chosen based on which fund consistently ranked the highest across the five categories ...

ING PEAL backs second Quadrant fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... investors exposure to the mid-market buyout and development capital space. "A lot of recent attention has been on large, high profile deals involving companies such as Qantas, Myer, Coles and PBL, raising some alarmist reaction to private equity. Investors ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

The demand for inflation-linked bonds and their derivatives is set to rise in tandem with the growing popularity of liability driven investing (LDI) in Australia and overseas, according to experts. As the name suggests, LDI is a form of investment strategy ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

... because the make up of index funds change over time and these could negatively impact the index fund's risk and return profile. For example, railroads used to make up 63 per cent of the finance industry back in 1899. Today it accounts for less than 0.2 ...

Magnitude to grow FUA by 50 per cent

... the distribution business and have stayed true to our selection criteria of only partnering with practices that fit our profile," said the group's chief executive, Mark Spiers. David Hinwood, principal of Qube Financial Planning, the first practice to ...

NZ Govt appoints KiwiSaver defaults

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... quality. This is important to maintain the confidence of employees in KiwiSaver," said Dalziel. Dr Cullen said the risk profile for the default investment product was conservative and offered a lower degree of risk, while providing moderate returns over ...

Challenger buys into new UK telecoms

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007