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CBA launches new instalment product

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has launched its latest regular instalments product, IYH, giving investors and trustees of Self-Managed Super Funds an opportunity to build their share portfolio without paying for all the securities up front. The IYH release ...

Fat Prophets enters SMA market

Independent researcher Fat Prophets has launched its own version of a Separately Managed Account (SMA), providing investors access to a professionally managed share portfolio of either Australian shares or mining and resources stocks, or a blend of ...

Industry groups get smart

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) have updated their consumer financial literacy guide - Smarter Super - Invest in your future and make the most ...

Alternatives rewrite custody

The alternative investments frenzy that has swept the local market in the last two years has prompted Australia's largest custodians to go back to the drawing board and set up units specialising in reporting the exotic and not-so-exotic investment asset ...

SMSFs and mergers drive Macq property fund growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
Macquarie Direct Property Fund (MDPF) today announced assets under management increased by almost 200 per cent over the past 12 months through a series of mergers and acquisitions that tipped in over $800m. The fund also experienced another successful ...

Biometrics to curb ID theft

A new survey has shown that majority of Europeans would be willing to provide biometric data to the government if it meant faster transactions processing, better airport security management and less identity theft. The electronic identity research ...

Alpha-beta separation boosts indexing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
The rise of alpha-beta separation and fee-for-service advice is driving new inflows into index funds, according to Susan Darroch, head of structured products at State Street Global Advisors. While recent market returns have done little to harm index ...

Tyndall, Suncorp restructure investment ops

Tyndall and Suncorp have announced the restructuring of their investment operations following Suncorp's purchase of the Promina group in March this year. While concrete details are currently unavailable, Tyndall chief executive officer Brett Himbury ...

Clean, green profit machines

New figures show that clean technology companies trumped the Australian sharemarket in the performance stakes over the last financial year with one outperforming stock returning more than 1,000 per cent over the period. Based on the analysis of the ...

AXA sidesteps ETP tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
AXA has seized on a loophole in the new tax legislation introduced 1 July to offer employers a potential avenue for reducing tax on eligible termination payments (ETPs). Under the new ETP rules, most payments made under an employer-owned non-super group ...