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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
The market is expected to open with heavy losses, with weak base metal prices and poor lead from Wall Street expected to take a toll. At 0703 AEST, the June share price index was down 59 points or 0.94 per cent, at 6239. In company news, Babcock & Brown ...

Investors will be compensated for dud advice: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Financial services licensees must have measures in place so they can compensate retail clients if the advice or services they provide are found to be "inappropriate". The measures are part of a new regulation just announced by the Government and may ...

Act now for no regrets: ANZ FP

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
ANZ Financial Planning (ANZ FP) has launched a new 'No Regrets' campaign aimed at motivating people to start managing their financial futures sooner rather than later for better life outcomes. ANZ FP has launched the www.havenoregrets.com.au website ...

Funeral funds a picture of health

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Lifeplan Funds Management has announced 16 per cent growth in funds under management for its funeral planning products, surging past the $300 million mark. The sector continues to grow and at present Lifeplan holds around 30 per cent market share. The ...

Advisers want transparency from licensees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
Adviser groups charging their franchisees too much is forcing practices to consider switching groups or whether they should set up on their own, said Darren Wise, managing director of Financial Planning Services Australia (FPS). "Some adviser practices ...

Public equity under pressure

"The issue is not private equity but what's wrong with public equity," said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, as the debate heats up over the long-term impact of private equity takeovers on the publicly listed companies sector. Commenting on the round ...

MFS retires from village portfolio

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
MFS Diversified today announced the sale of its retirement village portfolio and shares in Village Life as part of its rationalisation of non-core operations. The sale follows a deal with SCV Group to manage its retirement village portfolio in a 25 ...

LIFT's SMSF gearing product on the up

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Independent financial services group LIFT Capital's unique SuperLIFT Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) gearing product is less than a year old, but is already used by almost 80 adviser groups. The product, designed to take advantage of the $1m personal ...

Macq and UNSW do the maths

Macquarie Bank has teamed up with academics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to develop a faster mathematical method to calculate the risks of investing in highly complex finance products. Under the initiative, the bank will work with researchers ...

Reverse mortgages jump 80 per cent to $1.5 billion

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
Australia's emerging reverse mortgage market is growing at 80 per cent a year, the consulting actuary Deloitte Trowbridge reported yesterday. The country's 16 reverse mortgage lenders had $1.5 billion of loans on their books at December 31, up from ...