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The SMSF debt binge

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
Gearing used by self-managed super funds has doubled over the past two years, largely to fund purchases of property, a new study has found. And the debt binge looks set to continue with another 40 per cent of SMSFs ready to embrace gearing over the ...

The lure of the boutique

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... investment professionals, but ratings can still be retained in the face of departures, according to a new study. In its third quarterly Musical Chairs report, S&P fund services found that 94 per cent of departures of key investment professionals this ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... levels consistent with its mandate..." Too little? Too much? The Fed couldn't afford to disappoint either side. Read the third sentence of the third paragraph of the Fed's 3 November statement: "The Committee will regularly review the pace of its securities ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank completes Linear deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... for Linear's wealth management platform. The bank said it would provide a new generation platform access for wealth and third party clients by leveraging its retail and third party wealth distribution channels through its new access to proprietary information ...

EISS takes over FuturePlus

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... services. Richard Powis, chief executive of FuturePlus signaled the firm will be "reshaped and repositioned in the market" as a third party administrator. All parties will work together to transition existing member services staff to fill the LGS member ...

AIA raises US$20.5bn in IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... resounding success last week, with US$20.5 billion raised in the share sale to retail and insititutional investors, making it the third largest IPO in history, and the largest ever for the Hong Kong market. Investors scrambled to get a piece of the Asian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... Commerce and Industry release their business expectations survey. In equities news, airports operator MAP Group releases third quarter results, while West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd issues first quarter figures. Republic Gold Ltd holds its annual ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... 4.75-5.00 per cent. Fortunately, we're not there yet. All measures of inflation remained below the RBA's trigger point... in the third quarter at least. Annual headline inflation was at 2.8 per cent in the September quarter, down from 3.1 per cent in ...

Adviser sentenced to 8yrs imprisonment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... the provisions of LFG Services' Australian financial services licence". He will be eligible for parole after serving one third of his sentence.

Cashflows down, but Flexible Super shines: AMP

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... an ASX statement today that its net cashflows for the quarter sat at $48 million, more than a 50 per cent decrease in the third quarter of last year. Higher cash inflows were offset by higher cash outflows, noted the firm, and this is in line with the ...