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The many faces of income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Retirees should diversify their income portfolios because income-type products are not like they used to be. Bruce Murphy, head of distribution at Macquarie Funds Management, urged investors to go back to the basics of income investing and start questioning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is positioned to open higher this morning, with metal prices patchy overnight and stocks gaining in the US. At 0826 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index was up 42 points to 6589. Today, the Australian ...

Schroders distributes into China through Citibank

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... Schroder ISF US Dollar Liquidity fund, the ISF Global Bond, the ISF Emerging Market Debt, the ISF Global Energy, the ISF BRIC fund and the ISF Global Equity Yield fund. Lieven Debruyne, head of mutual funds business for Schroders in Asia, said, "With ...

CommSec adds South Africa to BRIC

... product with a twist, offering investors the option to invest in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) plus exposure to the commodities-driven of South Africa. "Brazil, Russia, India and China have traditionally been identified ...

Wizard founder builds Yellow Brick Road

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris and former UBS banker Bryan Davies have joined forces to create new retail advice and wealth management company Yellow Brick Road (YBR). The company will focus on after-tax returns, offering advice, accounting ...

Economic round-up: BRICs get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... to the World Wealth Report. The World Wealth Report by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch, released yesterday, claims that while BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) continue growing, we can expect a period of moderation in the expansion of mature ...

ASIC watching reverse mortgage materials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on reverse mortgage brokers to ensure advertising and promotional material is clear and not likely to mislead after citing five cases of problematic marketing. With the reverse mortgage ...

Goldman Sachs launches guaranteed financial Keystone

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... retail capital protected structured funds - the Keystone funds - aimed at investors who want access to the Asian, European and BRIC (Brazilian, Russian, India, China) markets. The funds differ from other capital protected investments in that they offer ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
The Australian market is expected to post sharp losses when it opens after Wall Street shed four-fifths of one per cent of its value overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0656 AEST, the June share price index contract was down 21 points to 5,957. ...

US losing grip on depositary receipts: JPMorgan

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... predicting a record year of activity for depositary receipts, however activity will migrate away from the US towards the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries in particular. Depositary receipts allow companies to access cross-border capital ...