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Oil prices a two-way street

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
Record high oil prices is fuelling the Middle East to export nearly as much capital as they do oil, tying their economies to that of the west and acting as a brake on ever higher fuel prices. Saudi Arabia produces about one-third of the world's oil ...

Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
High oil prices and a shrinking US dollar signal an economic perfect storm looming on the horizon, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Simon Johnson, IMF chief economist told ABC TV's Business Lateline program last night that the credit crisis ...

Cofunds accomodate fixed fee for service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
One of the largest platforms in the UK, Cofunds, has added extra features to its platform to serve planners who only charge fixed fees instead of commissions. The approach involves creating a cash account for each client where cash can be deposited ...

One in 10 investors are switchers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
One in ten US retirees and pre-retirees are looking to change financial institutions at any one time based on costs or level of service they receive, according to research from Aite Group. US-based research firm Aite Group surveyed 505 people in the ...

Apostle launches US small-mid cap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
Apostle Asset Management has partnered with US-based Vaughan Nelson Investment Management to provide a specialist US small-mid cap value equity strategy opportunity for institutional investors. Dennis Alff, portfolio manager at Vaughan Nelson, said ...

The new government: what it means

Higher child care rebates, a superannuation-based 'first home owner' account and superannuation guarantee creeping up to 15 per cent are just some of the Labor party policies that could become law under the new government. Colonial First State, one ...

AXA locks and loads

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
AXA is using its global muscle to provide superannuation members with a fund that can lock in gains each year, just like a capital-protected managed fund, and potentially, on a weekly or monthly basis in the future. The Australian launch of North, a ...

Macq targets Asian real estate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Singapore, China and Tokyo will continue to provide significant opportunities for growth in property and real estate on the back of sustained economic growth throughout the region, according to Rod Cornish, head of Macquarie real estate research. Cornish ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
The Australian share market has had a mixed lead from Friday trading,with Wall Street up half a percentage point, oil up, gold and silver flat, and London metals mostly down. The Australian market is expected to open positively, however. At 0752 AEDT ...

GESB revamps website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
Western Australia's largest superannuation fund, the Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB), has revamped their website to help better educate their members and answer their superannuation-related questions. The website includes a superannuation ...