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Ignore economics, investors are herders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Investment finance and economics are driven by very different principles and analysts and market watchers who think otherwise are making a huge mistake, according to a new study published in the Journal of Behavioral Finance. In particular, The Financial/Economic ...

Asian hub Australia's next goal: MLC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Australia's financial services industry is of global calibre and should be aiming to become the southern hemisphere's primary financial hub, according to MLC chief executive, Steve Tucker. "Financial services has the capacity to do for Australia what ...

AIG and netwealth ride again

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Independent platform provider netwealth has renewed its contract with AIG Life to provide life, TPD and salary continuance insurance to their Super Wrap - Personal Super and Employer Sponsored Super, adding a range of new features. Five major insurers ...

Rich get richer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
High global GDP growth and market capitalisation are driving ever higher numbers of high net wealth (HNW) individuals and ultra high net wealth (UNHW) individuals, according to the 11th annual World Wealth Report. The report, conducted by Capgemini ...

ING boosts life payments

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
ING has increased life insurance benefits for employers and staff who have cover through their super, including a market-first rise in maximum TPD benefits and unlimited death benefits. The upgrade, to be introduced due to the new super changes on July ...

Perpetual launches structured cap-protection fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
Perpetual has announced the first capital protected structured fund, providing lock-in gains and an option to borrow up to 100 per cent of original invested value and the first year's interest with no margin calls. Perpetual Protected Investments Series ...

Austock picks new non-executive director

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
Austock has appointed former Macquarie Bank executive director and property funds specialist, Michael McFarlane, to the position of group non-executive director. A non-executive director at Austock's property arm since 2006, McFarlane assisted in expanding ...

Small caps equals big performance for Pengana

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
Pengana Capital's Global Small Companies Solution has recorded an 18.2 per cent annualised return and beaten its own equally weighted benchmark by 9.1 per cent over the last two years. Chief investment officer, Nick Griffiths, said the performance of ...

ASIC revises regulations for AFS license holders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released two policy updates revising the regulations around the calculation of surplus liquid funds and adjustments for underwriters dealing with statutory exposure periods. The updates ...

HLB Mann Judd national strategy remains unchanged

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
It is business as usual for HLB Mann Judd in most Australian States, following the sale of the HLB Mann Judd financial planning business in Victoria to Bridgeport last week. HLB Mann Judd National Association chairman, John Biddle, was keen to point ...