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Investors look east, Australia falls behind

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... consecutive year, followed by Singapore, Ireland, and Australia. The index, which measures include investment and financial freedom, also reported a 2.6 per cent improvement to the world economy since 1995. But the editors of the survey warned that the ...

SMSFs save via industry fund schemes

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... so far, the funds' direct ASX 200 investment option provided a way for SMSF trustees to save money and still keep the freedom they desired. "I mean, this is a lot cheaper than having a self managed fund," she said. CARE charges a brokerage fee of between ...

Hong Kong's millionaire factory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... with market capitalisation in domestic equities growing more than 60 per cent in 2006. In 2007, the Index of Economic Freedom ranked Hong Kong the world's most free economy. "It is Hong Kong's open economy that has seen its financial services industry ...

BT appoints new CFO and replaces multi-strategies head

... financial officer role considerable experience structuring and executing IPOs, having worked on the public listing of Freedom Furniture, Mortgage Choice and most recently Bluestone," said BT's chief investment officer Dirk Morris. "His experience and ...

More acquisitions on the cards: EQT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... remain one of the keys to our future growth." The 2007 results do not however reflect the impact of their acquisition of Freedom of Choice superannuation mastertrust and IDPS from Australian Unity in June 2007, an acquisition they expect will boost earnings ...

Westpac to list wealth management arm

... Westpac's move illustrates one of the key trends in the industry where an increasing number of fund managers want the freedom of working in a boutique fund but with the muscle of a large corporate group. Perennial, Macquarie and Australian Unity are ...

Benefits from new super inflows thin on ground

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... investment officer of MLC Investment Management, said benefits for his members would come from giving the manager more freedom to realign the fund, without resorting to extra trades and increased tax costs. "The more efficiently we do it, the outcome ...

Equity Trustees' sunny forecast

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... company with our Queensland office opening at the end of 2006 and the recent announcement of our intended acquisition of the Freedom of Choice master trust and IDPS. "These initiatives indicate that we are not standing still. It is our intention to continue ...

HOSTPLUS tailors fin lit to Gen X and Gen Y

... This month, the fund partnered with Scott Pape, author of the bestseller "The Barefoot Investor - five steps to financial freedom in your 20s and 30s" and one of Yahoo7.com's most popular financial columnists. Pape will run a series of education seminars ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... historical returns, risk and conflicts of interest is required in the primary documentation, product providers will have the freedom to provide further information online if they wish. In particular, the draft regulations, announced by Parliamentary ...