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Uni to offer SMSF degree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... education itself will provided by independents," said Slattery "You cannot be the developer of the standards and educator. We feel there are plenty of others that deliver that education so there's no need for us to develop it internally." Slattery said ...

Consumer confidence plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Consumer confidence has plunged 17 percentage points, signaling the economy may be about to slow just enough to allow the Reserve Bank to start dropping interest rates. The news is contained in the latest Sensis consumer report which measures confidence ...

Local biotech shines through overseas listing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... investment firm Platinum Partners for instance invested $2.8 million in Starpharma last August. "We invest in companies that we feel have the correct risk reward ratio based on our internal subjective measures," said Michael Goldberg, principal of Platinum ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Australian shares declined 0.9 per cent at noon after recession fears pushed US stocks lower and investors shunned the banks on concerns they are having to take on too much debt. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index slid 46.3 points to 5134.1 ...

Investing without feeling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
AXA's chief investment officer Mark Dutton highlighted the US experience that shows why investor returns are chronically influenced by human emotions. Dutton said A US report analysed the returns of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index compared to the experience ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
Mortgage managers and originators say they are taking the news of Macquarie Bank's decision to quit the mortgage market in their stride, insisting they had multiple funding sources and could replace the Macquarie funding without feeling any impact on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... way we are for the rest of the day." Local data showed growth in retail spending stalled in January as consumers started to feel the pinch of rising interest rates. Economists don't expect this will prevent the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) from raising ...

Coordinated policy will boost population and capacity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... important that families have support as the child grows up, not just when the child is a pre-schooler. Parents also need to feel confident that they can manage to raise their children while also enjoying opportunities for personal development, beyond ...

Future Fund to become top insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... including the drive for the fund to be an "investor of choice" able to deploy substantial capital in a timely manner. "We feel that often the [institutional investment] industry sees itself as a receiver of a service. We'd like to turn that around and ...

BNY Mellon pursues advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... portfolios - portfolios that have both long and short elements in it that are designed for volatile times. It's a strategy that we feel will be better positioned for the environment going forward," said Gruver. "We also have to do more research [into ...