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Government in fund frenzy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... Education Endowment Fund and the Future Fund. Seeded with an initial $2.5 billion, Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said that figure would grow after the privatisation of Medibank Private. The capital will be preserved in perpetuity and the earnings ...

Howard flags infrastructure fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
The Prime Minister John Howard has announced plans to establish an infrastructure fund similar to that proposed by the Labor party, with a minimum of one per cent of budget surpluses to go into the fund. The announcement came as part of his five-year ...

The big bounce

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... to The Australian newspaper, non-bank lender The Australian Mortgage Acceptance Corp hiked its rates to double the RBA figure, for new customers on its standard variable home loan. So far, the NAB is the only big lender to announce plans to lift its ...

SMSF numbers show huge jump

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
Self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) manager Super Concepts has recorded a 177 per cent increase in funds established last financial year, pushing funds under administration over the $2 billion mark. The growth spurt marks a 21 per cent increase ...

AMP loses key fund heads

... Chris Nicholls Erratum: The story incorrectly stated AMP had lost over 30 senior staff members this calendar year. The figure in fact refers to the whole industry. The story has been amended to reflect this.

Look before you leap

Investors looking to switch fund managers due to the market turmoil should look beyond performance tables and understand the CGT implications of moving their assets, according to finance expert Michael Hutton. Hutton, a financial planning partner with ...

Governance key to improving returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Improved governance, risk management and alignment of interests, not investment beliefs, scale and efficient implementation, are key to significantly improving investor returns, according to FuturePlus chief investment officer Terry Newson. Referring ...

Super choice overwhelms women

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
An all-female panel of key industry and government figures told the audience at this year's FEAL National Conference that many women suffer from 'analysis paralysis' due to the number of superannuation products in the market today. Speaking as part ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
The Australian share market was again a sea of red this morning after US equities ended in turmoil on Friday amid falling credit markets and concerns over US jobs numbers. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index has shed 96.8 points to 5924.2 while ...

Income does not drive wealth: ABS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
New figures just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirm that people with the highest incomes are not the ones with the most wealth. According to the latest ABS survey of household income and its distribution, while Darwin households ...