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Super gap widens between haves and have-nots

One of the largest regular surveys conducted on super has confirmed the increasing gap between those who can afford to retire and those who can't. Twice a year, financial services giant AMP asks more than 320,000 of its AMP Corporate Super members to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
Australian stocks are expected to fall again when the market opens following more losses on Wall Street and a negative start by the Sydney Futures Exchange, although base metals were substantially higher. Yesterday, investors wiped off $38.5 billion ...

Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Ventura Investment Management has added a Global Opportunities and High Growth 100 fund to its investment menu, both of which are benchmark agnostic. Both funds mirror the Russell funds by the same name. However, investors can access these funds via ...

New chair at Virgin Money

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Virgin Money Australia has appointed David Baxby as the new chairman of the company following the departure of Macquarie Bank deputy managing director, Richard Sheppard, from the role. Baxby, who is also the chief executive of Virgin Management Asia ...

Chasing the deposit dollar

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
The increase and availability of wholesale funding dilemma is causing major headaches for banks, but investors long cash are reaping the benefits with some term rates passing eight per cent, more than a full percentage point higher than the official ...

Super funds want more

Australia's largest employers and super funds believe increasing the nine per cent Super Guarantee contribution should be a priority for the new Rudd Government, according to a new survey. Eighty-six per cent of the Russell Pulse survey respondents ...

Aurora Buy-Write wins fans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
Hedging share portfolios with put options attracted little attention when the markets were roaring but 'Black January' changed all that, claims Aurora Funds Management. "We are getting a lot of interest now since our trusts were hedged with put option ...

Allco defends move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
Allco Finance Group (AFG) has stated it complied with its Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) obligation to announce a Review Event following negotiations to refinance its debt. The firm outlined that its facility agreement for its $900 million senior ...

UBS redefines fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
UBS takes a fresh approach to fixed income investment with a new product that delivers above market performance by diversifying across four of the firm's fixed income funds. The UBS Fixed Income Plus includes fully automated investment decisions and ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... Labor market conditions have similarly softened, as job creation has slowed and the unemployment rate - at 4.9 percent in January - has moved up somewhat," he said. Further illustrating how the sub-prime contagion is now jumping the fence, Bernanke said ...