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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
The release yesterday by the ABS of the House Price Index showed an increase of 3.1 per cent over the June quarter which tallies to an annual growth rate of 6.4 per cent which is the fastest annual rate since December 2003. Perth house prices led the ...

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 ...

Accountants embrace SMSF automation: SuperCentral

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
Accountants have been flocking to the online self-managed super fund (SMSF) trust deed update service SuperCentral, with 500 funds on the system after just two months in operation. SuperCentral allows accountants to update and maintain trust deeds online. ...

Investors don't use timeframes when choosing options: FuturePlus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
FuturePlus has just released the results of a study of more than 4,000 investment decisions made by its super fund members which confirms we need to do more to educate investors about making the right investment decisions. The research also analysed ...

Budget reforms exacerbate risks for Gen L: Asteron

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
Financial planning group Asteron is commissioning a study on what it says is the biggest gap in the recent Budget - how Gen-L who are already in retirement will outlive their superannutaion savings. Asteron head of technical services sales and marketing ...

Virgin motors on with new chief

Virgin Money has appointed NRMA's David Wakeley as its new chief executive officer two months after the resignation of founding chief Rohan Gamble. "We were somewhat overwhelmed by the number of applications we had to wade through for the role and in ...

Members Equity runs on with Fremantle Dockers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
Members Equity Bank (MEB) has signed on as an official sponsor of the Fremantle Dockers AFL team for the next three years, joining other financial players in the footballing ranks. The Fremantle Football Club said that with MEB agreeing to become a ...

Investors strike gold with LinQ

The new wunderkid in resources is Perth-based fund LinQ, which has managed to grow investor money by as much as 500 per cent thanks to astute plays made here and overseas. LinQ started life as Rothschild's resources fund 'Golden Arrow Fund II'. But ...

Super funds keep tills ringing at Harris Alternatives

Superannuation funds are ramping up their fund of hedge funds (FOHF) allocation with IXIS-owned Harris Alternatives reporting an astonishing six-fold increase in funds from $170 million two years ago to $1.17 billion currently. Harris Alternatives is ...

Coin software signs up Asteron and ANZ

Coin Software has signed major contracts to provide financial planning software to Asteron and ANZ Financial Planning. Under the deal, more than 300 advisers and staff at Asteron and around 330 advisers at ANZ Financial Planning will start using Coin's ...