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ASIC issues disclosure guidelines for super trustees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a new policy detailing guidelines for superannuation trustees regarding the delivery of product disclosure information about investment strategies to members. Policy Statement 184 ...

CFDs account for 35 per cent of UK trades: GreensCFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
New contracts for difference (CFD) operator GreensCFD is the latest player to step into a booming market for these ultra-flexible investment instruments. Launching in Australia just recently, GreenCFD is part of the IFX Markets group that operates in ...

UBS narrows the infrastructure horizon

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
UBS Australia is offering retail and institutional investors what it calls a "tightly defined" listed infrastructure fund, largely limiting stock selection to three major sectors. The UBS Global Infrastructure Securities Fund, launched in May this year ...

Credit Suisse pulls MasterWrap off the shelves

It was hinted at, talked about and it finally happened this month when investment group Credit Suisse announced its decision to close down its MasterWrap product. The group unveiled its MasterWrap almost two years ago to much fanfare and great expectations. ...

Fixed income not for everyone, yet: FIIG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2006
When it comes to implementing fixed interest strategies there are products and services for the big end of town and daylight second. This is a problem FIIG Securities is hoping to fix. Jim Stening, managing director of fixed income specialist FIIG Securities ...

Small caps can keep on delivering: Pengana

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
Pengana's Emerging Companies Fund has delivered another quarter of outperformance, despite a decline in the benchmark and not being leveraged to the resources growth story, and the group sees no reason for that performance to fall off any time soon. ...

Depreciation changes boost property investment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
One of the hidden surprises in the recent Federal Budget was changes to property investment depreciation rules. According to Property Investment latest market update, "The proposal was to increase the Diminishing Value rate for depreciation on items ...

Super tax concessions cost more than they save: Greens

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
The Greens have issued a discussion paper that argues the cost of the tax incentives to encourage superannuation saving are greater than the tax savings we will later recoup through lower pension costs. The paper, The costs of ageing in Australia, a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as softer overseas markets set a negative tone for the local bourse. The domestic market was closed yesterday for the Queen's Birthday public holiday but is expected to reopen and follow the softer ...

Industry goes live with Rainmaker ITV

Rainmaker Group is set to launch its online media channel, Rainmaker ITV, www.rainmakerITV.com, which will feature evolution media's soon-to-launch financial services internet TV program Mastermind. "Technology plays an integral role in our business ...