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Election looms over investment markets

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
The upcoming Federal election could generate market uncertainty but with the two major parties' having similar broader macroeconomic policies, it's unlikely any market jitters will last. In a discussion paper on a possible election back-lash on the ...

Super fund returns best in a decade: SelectingSuper

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... cent for the last financial year, while Australian equity options averaged nearly double at a staggering 27.5 per cent. Associate director of research at Rainmaker, Andrew Keevers, said only the 1996-97 results bettered those of the last financial year ...

Stay out of residential investments: APN

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
Investors should consider avoiding residential property in favour of more diversified property investments, according to Mike Doble, director of retail at APN Funds Management. Doble said that with low liquidity, accessibility and high entry costs ...

Become fin services hub or miss the boat: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
Australia's funds management industry needs to establish itself as a global financial services hub or risk missing out on large future economic gains, according to a reporty by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). According to the ...

No multi-sector managers deserve five-stars: S&P

... and second, on their tactical asset allocation (TAA) approach. Asked why nobody earned a five-star, S&P Fund Services' associate director Marcus Hanel said that part of the reason is that none of the fund managers were consistently strong across all ...

Check pay before shifting OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... strengthening of the British pound compared to the US dollar," said Nathalie Constantin-Metral, research manager and senior associate at Mercer. Mercer's survey covers 143 cities across six continents and measures the comparative cost of over 200 ite ...

Success of planners a double-edged sword

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Promoting financial planning may be the next big challenge for the industry, but it will also expose a chronic shortage of planners, according to AMP Financial Planning managing director Michael Guggenheimer. While the industry definitely needed to ...

Industry cheers red tape cuts

The Simpler Regulatory Bill passed last week will reduce the compliance burden and costs associated with advice for investments or superannuation amounts under $15,000, a move welcomed by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Institute of ...

Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... February, intermediate clerical sales and service workers jobs grew 16.5 per cent. There was a 13 per cent increase in associate professional jobs and a 12.7 per cent increase in trades people. The resources boom has seen construction employment growth ...

Enhanced index tips over $10bn

State Street Global Advisors' Global Index Plus strategy has attracted more than $10 billion in funds under management, clocking more than a billion each year since launch, as more super funds shift their money from 'vanilla' index portfolios to those ...