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Going nuts over macadamias

It might sound nutty to some investors but one company is offering a managed investment scheme (MIS) that hopes to crack into the global demand for macadamias. Also known as the Queensland nut or 'kindal kindal' in aboriginal, macadamia is the only ...

Baby boomers in good shape

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007
Baby boomers are in a relatively strong financial position for retirement and have more options available than ever before, according to a new report. The 16th AMP.NATSEM Income and Wealth Report, Baby boomers - doing it for themselves report, released ...

QIC finds value in IP

One of the largest fund managers in the country, the $55 billion Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has injected $30 million into an intellectual property fund, the first step towards the group's increasing investment in an emerging asset class ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
Following the upheaval caused by the Shanghai stockmarket last week the Chinese government has downgraded its forecast growth for the coming year from 10.75 per cent to 8 per cent. For the last year the government has been cognisant of the need to ensure ...

Margin calls up but investors not down

Macquarie's margin lending arm saw margin calls more than double in the midst of the Chinese market-led freefall yet, on the whole, Macquarie said investors are using their big buffer of cash to buy more shares. Peter van der Westhuyzen, division director ...

Tyndall welcomes head of retail

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
Tyndall has appointed the former head of retail at ABN AMRO Asset Management to the newly created role of head of retail. Brett Himbury, Tyndall managing director, said the appointment of Craig Hobart to the new role was a key milestone in Tyndall's ...

Kiwibank and AMP join forces

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
Kiwibank announced yesterday that it would take over the management of AMP-originated loans in New Zealand and develop an ongoing home loan venture with the Australian financial services group. The NZ bank owned by the NZ postal service has reached ...

Clearview cracks $1.65b mark

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Clearview's focus on the affluent 55-plus demographic has seen its platform's funds break through $1.65 billion barrier, representing growth of almost $1 billion over the past two years. "We have generated a lot of sales and increased our profile through ...

Go green, go dim

Switch off your electricity and save the world was the message from over 60 major finance companies that signed up to an initiative to cut Sydney's greenhouse gas emissions. It sounds like a scene from a sci-fi movie but on 31 March the Sydney building ...

Interest rates on the way down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Two of three leading economists told the 450 people attending today's Financial Standard Economic Forum they expect interest rates to fall this year while another said it was a national scandal Australia's productivity growth had stalled. Saul Eslake ...