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Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released figures it says shows competition and increasing funds under management are driving down fees, however recent Rainmaker data paints a different picture. The IFSA figures to June 2006 ...

Investa property funds get SRI tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
Investa Funds Management's (IFM) Diversified Office Fund and Commercial Property Fund are Australia's first property funds to receive the Ethical Investment Association's Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) certificate. The funds received the certification ...

Economic round-up: Hey big spenders

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
With tax cuts on the way and consumer confidence at a 32 year high, it seems Australians are staking out the stores and car yards with smoking wallets and little thought of the consequential pressure applied to inflation. The general consensus among ...

Value planners on profitability, not scale

With a raft of financial planning groups lining up for an initial public offering (IPO) or merger, Paragem's managing director, Ian Knox, has urged would-be investors to first understand the business models that exist in the planning sector. Once seen ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
The Australian market is expected to open modestly higher, with continuing strength in base metal prices offsetting a neutral lead from Wall Street. At 0655 AEST, the June share price index was up 22 points, at 6392. In economic news today, the Australian ...

BT beats Vanguard on tax: Aviva

... Australian equities funds available on its platform. Worth noting is that the ranking looks beyond the funds' after-tax return figure and risk profile. Instead, the top five funds were chosen based on which fund consistently ranked the highest across ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... significantly and and Rio down a little," said Aequs Securities institutional dealer, Ric Klusman, "We're also expecting a low figure for the US consumer price index tonight, which is probably good, but will mean the US dollar will get weaker," he said. ...

Accommodation shopping? Try the local mall

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
Many home-hunters may be better off heading for the local shopping centre. According to the latest figures property investment is back, but rather than putting a roof over our heads the money is going into shopping spaces. Analysts upbeat over the positive ...

A new way for AMP fixed interest

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
AMP Capital Investors has awarded boutique manager Vianova Asset Management a $75 million mandate for a part of the fixed interest component of its AMP Future Directions Fund. The mandate highlights how more people are looking at fixed interest again ...

Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... years. The Treasurer said the measure would not cost $15 million, as Rudd suggested, but $100 million. "He is out by a figure of six," said Costello. Click here to download the full transcript of the Budget Reply speech.