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SMSF property lending of high Calliva

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... investments to make large contributions before the 30 June deadline, with a target of $100 million in settled loans by Christmas this year. "Interest in this new funding product has been intense, and even though it has just been announced, we expect ...

Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
It's Christmas Eve and by this time tomorrow we'll all know if Santa has given us the present we wanted, but to really make sense of the Budget you need to understand the ground rules. The Budget might look like a financial document because it has numbers ...

In-specie transfers up 300 per cent: Multiport

... million-dollar commercial properties and significant share portfolios being rolled into SMSFs has grown dramatically since Christmas," said Philip La Greca, the group's technical services director. "We're getting at least one enquiry a week on how people ...

BT setting a new course in alternatives

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... multi-managers buy ratings, with the individual attributes being awarded buy or strong buy sub-ratings, and just prior to Christmas ChantWest awarded the BT funds four stars.

Financial Standard signing off for 2006

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
This is the last daily news from Financial Standard for 2006 and we wish all our readers a very happy and safe Christmas and a prosperous - and profitable - New Year. Our daily news will commence again on 17 January 2007 but the Financial Standard team ...

Optimum gets a pre-Christmas product upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
Asteron has announced a range of improvements to its Optimum corporate and personal super platforms, ranging from new investment choices, family-linked accounts and improved insurance cover. Jane Power, Asteron's head of product and marketing, said ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... Resources are up today... and the banks are also stronger," Ms Macdonald said. "It's takeover activity, it's the usual Christmas rally, it's the good news regarding Qantas, a couple of decent acquisitions and the market is hot." In New York overnight ...

FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... $1.3 trillion at end September, enough to pay off our national debt and still leave us with plenty of spare change for Christmas. According to Rainmaker's latest FUM survey for September, FUM owned by Australians is now $1.3 trillion having climbed 15 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... overnight," he said. "The quieter volume of sales today is also due to a lot of fund and target managers having gone off on Christmas holidays already." US stocks fell on Thursday, led lower by technology shares, as investors turned skittish about Friday's ...

Don't forget to lock and back-up: Symantec

... Security software solutions Symantec has urged companies to ensure their IT systems are secure and backed-up over the Christmas break because the holiday season is also the peak time when they are most vulnerable to financial fraud. With many people ...