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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open higher after a bounce on Wall Street and other overseas markets overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 20 points to 5129 at 0801 AEST. Today, mining explorer Mutiny ...

Wait and see with annuities: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
Despite some doomsayers predicting that the end was nigh for annuities after the May Federal Budget, Navigator has urged those with an annuity product to adopt a wait and see approach. The proposed Budget changes include the abolition of the reasonable ...

True high conviction means big positions: Peters MacGregor

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
Define high conviction. To Peters MacGregor it means holding just eight stocks but backing your positions with more than 60 per cent of your total capital. Peters MacGregor chief executive officer, James Craigie, explained that to his team a high conviction ...

Perpetual profits to jump 13 per cent

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
Perpetual has forecast a 13 per cent jump in its 2006 full year after tax profits on the back of strong net inflows. Perpetual Chairman, Robert Savage, said he expected the growth story to continue well through this year and into calendar year 2007. ...

AGL-Alinta deal bodes well for infrastructure pricing

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
The recent deal to pursue a merger between AGL and Alinta bodes well for future infrastructure pricing deals, boosting the prospects of the soon to be floated Snowy Hydro project, according to some equity specialists. Equity managers and advisers Leyland ...

PSI Super partners with SyncSoft to grow third party admin

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
PSI Superannuation Management has announced that it plans to grow its third party administration business on the back of a synergistic partnership with technology provider SyncSoft. PSI said that it selected SyncSoft's CAPITAL administration system ...

Seniors Week reminds planners to get in early

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
New South Wales Seniors Week, running from 2-9 April, has seen renewed calls for advisers to ramp up retirement planning for their clients, starting earlier and planning for longer. Financial services provider Asteron's head of technical services, Louise ...

DSTi wins tech mandate from Tassie's RBF

Tasmania's Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has launched the first stage of its new automated workflow solution, courtesy of DSTi. The workflow solution, called AWD, is designed to increase automation, improve compliance and reduce the costs associated ...

Super fund taxes break through $5 billion

Total taxation revenue collected by all levels of government in Australia climbed to $230 billion in 2004-05, of which only $5.1 billion was paid by super funds. Super fund taxes, however, have only climbed 8.5 per cent since 200-01, which is significantly ...

Secured creditors called on for help in Westpoint bungle

The head of the financial planner-funded Westpoint Recovery Fund, Ian Bristow, has called on Westpoint's secured creditors such as ING, MFS, LM Investment and Perpetual, to help salvage investments poured into the company before it's too late. Three ...