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Brakes on reverse mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
Although the reverse mortgage market grew strongly in recent years, a new Datamonitor report has shown signs that the sector is slowing down. The Reverse Mortgages in Australia and New Zealand 2007 report found reverse mortgage advances increased by ...

Village People

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
A wave of aging baby boomers are expected to downsize and move into retirement villages over the next 20 years creating a big investment opportunity according to Peter McMullen, head of health and aged services at Jones Lang LaSalle. Jones Lang LaSalle ...

ACT govt funds adopt sustainable investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
The ACT Government's $1.4 billion Superannuation Provision Account investment portfolio is set to adopt the United Nations (UN) Principles for Responsible Investment and implement a risk-based approach to its investment decisions, following recommendations ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
The Australian share market remained in record territory at noon, propelled upwards by the big miners and major banks, after stronger markets in the United States. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 36.9 points to 6575.0 and had ...

Bravura and Perpetual develop new SOA package

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
Bravura Solutions has teamed up with Perpetual to develop a new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) compliant application, Sonata Business Services. Developed with Perpetual as part of its Unit Registry consolidation project, the software will be available ...

Economic round-up - Baby take a bow

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello must be preparing for curtain calls on his economic management performance as solid household consumption and a rush of business investment have driven Australia's economic expansion rate to its strongest levels in three ...

Fin Synergy ramps up R&D

Financial Synergy, the software group behind popular administration platform Acurity, has increased their R&D spend by 300 per cent in a bid to edge out competitors and provide clients with better online services. Setting a distinction between enhancing ...

T.Rowe Price wins Chinese govt fund mandate

T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services has won a US equity mandate from the National Council for Social Security Fund (SSF) of China, one of only 10 non-Chinese investment managers selected by the US$25 billion-plus pension fund. The SSF, similar ...

Biotech looms as boom sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
The biotech sector is emerging as a sunrise opportunity for investors who have an eye on the long term, looking for very strong capital gains. "Biotech is all about the use of biological processes to create commercial products," said Brad Ross-Sampson ...

Allianz Global flags $350m European property fund IPO

You think you've got World Cup fever? Allianz Global Investors Australia has taken the mania in Germany one step further by planning an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listing of a property fund that focuses on German retail and commercial properties. ...