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Perpetual FUM falls by $700m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... Perpetual announced that its FUM at the end of last year totalled $37.2 billion - 1.9 per cent lower than the $37.9 billion figure from November, and nearly six per cent from the month before. Part of the $700 million decline includes a $200 million ...

Govt urges auto-rolling of $9.7bn lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Nick Sherry, has suggested an automatic rollover system for lost super to help reduce the number of unclaimed super accounts, which now stands at nearly $10 billion. He urged the Federal Government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower as US stocks plunged overnight on the back of a record quarterly loss at top US bank Citigroup Inc and a surprise drop in US December retail sales. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0805 AEDT, the ...

SMSFs lead charge

Self managed super funds (SMSFs) are fast closing in on retail funds as the largest super fund segment by total assets, based on the latest APRA statistics released last month which showed SMSFs posting higher growth than retail and other fund segments. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
The Australian stock market remained in the red at noon, after local figures showed inflationary pressures have intensified, and following another poor performance on Wall St. This morning, the monthly inflation gauge prepared by TD Securities-Melbourne ...

More bite from subprime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
The US is likely heading for a recession as consumer spending plummets because of the subprime mess, according to Matthew Drennan, investment director at Zurich. Speaking at a briefing yesterday, Drennan said the securitised amount of subprime credit ...

Instos to buy more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... Australian institution real estate allocations in developed Asia Pacific economies accounted for 94 per cent, but this figure fell by 26 per cent over two years as investors seek a more diverse portfolio. In contrast, European real estate allocations ...

Markets not governments set interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... financial system, the expanding role of non-bank financiers is unstoppable and market regulators will eventually have to figure out a way to deal with this new reality. Highlighting the power transition, McKinsey has just released a report arguing that ...

One in 10 investors are switchers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
One in ten US retirees and pre-retirees are looking to change financial institutions at any one time based on costs or level of service they receive, according to research from Aite Group. US-based research firm Aite Group surveyed 505 people in the ...

Securitised assets get RAMmed

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
Just as RAMS Home Loans Group chairman announced the home lender was no longer a going concern, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released new figures confirming that securitised asset levels in Australia are contracting on the back of the ...