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PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
This is largely because of their inflationary effects as a result of businesses, particularly in the construction sector, competing for labour and materials. Costello argues that the $9 billion that has been set aside for tax cuts per year over the ...

DeAM chases alpha in fixed income

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
The alpha trend has stepped neatly over to the fixed income space, with Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) being the latest fund manager to announce the roll-out of a new high yield fixed income fund. The announcement comes only a week after global fund ...

RBC poaches BNP Paribas implementation manager

RBC Dexia Investor Services has poached a former BNP Paribas Securities Services manager as their new director of transitions. John Venardos, formerly business implementation manager with BNP Paribas, joined RBC Dexia at the beginning of August and ...

Aussies spend $8.7bn on celebrity makeover

Financial planners may well need to start asking their clients the question "Who is your favourite celebrity?" after a Virgin Money study found that Australians have racked up an annual $8.7 billion credit card bill to look like their movie idols. The ...

Kiwisaver allows contributions to be diverted into mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... fear to tread by allowing members to divert half their contributions into their mortgage. Under the contribution diversion plan, workers in New Zealand opting to save for retirement using Kiwisaver will be able to apply to have up half of their 4 per ...

First Capital appoints new MD

Financing group First Capital Group has appointed a former MFS manager to the role of managing director of its property financing business, First Capital Securities. Mark Phillips, former group manager of asset management and general manager of asset ...

Plum puts increased super savings on auto-pilot

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... opt-in approach is a lot less successful than the opt-out method& What we know is that once people come into this kind of plan they tend to stay." However, Fitzsimons allayed the fears of some by stressing that the program was as easy to exit as it was ...

XPLAN in demand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
IRESS, the parent of financial planning software provider XPLAN Technology, has reported its annual results, highlighting that the XPLAN model continues to gather pace with further growth expected as profitability ramps up. Adjusted profit for the group ...

Pimco plans absolute return fixed interest fund

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
Pimco Australia has announced it is working on a new absolute return fixed interest fund, the Pimco Absolute Return Series (PARS), which will use leverage to let investors dial up their exposures. Speaking at the Portfolio Construction Conference on ...

APRA got it wrong on AXA: AAT

ALEX DUNNIN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... Regulatory Authority's (APRA) disqualifications of seven directors of the former trustee of the AXA Australia Staff Superannuation Plan. A statement released by APRA said that, "While the AAT found that the actions related to an Enforceable Undertaking ...