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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... exchange rates and the international financial system and is seen as being largely influenced by US and European political forces. Costello suggested that the IMF was not too useful during the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and that the inclusion of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... yesterday heralded the arrival of forces opposing those like the strength in retail sales and the buoyancy in the housing market which have helped bring about last week's interest rate rise. The index recorded its second largest fall since the survey ...

Man and Eurex seal derivatives future

... at buy-side customers such as hedge funds and retail investors, sectors in which Man Group has significant expertise and market exposure," said the group. It added, "The goal is to expand the volume in listed derivatives by broadening the range of exchange ...

First Capital and Explorer to launch SMSF wrap 'OzSuper'

... technology OzPort, Freeman said there's an opportunity to provide a very sophisticated administration service to the SMSF market on a bigger scale. Tony Tighe, Explorer Group's managing director, said that Explorer has already signed a heads of agreement ...

Praemium joins forces with IWL and Coin

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
... listed on the Australian Stock Exchange this month in a capital raising to fund its growth plans domestically and in the UK market.

Intrinsic finds value in Islamic investing

... Australians into investments that do not meet their requirements." While Islamic investing barely gets a mention in the local market, the worldwide Shariah compliant fund market is estimated to be worth US$230 billion. The main fund managers within this ...

FPA stops short of backing member calls

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
... structures, the FPA continues to support commission based products, providing full disclosure is given to clients. "Market forces are already shaping a new generation of financial products that offer a flexible fee structure. In some cases that choice ...

Fee for service not the finance cure-all: AFA

... for a rigid 'fee for service' model and said that such a move could do more harm than good for consumers. "Let the market forces prevail. As soon as you prescribe things like you 'must' use fee for service, you start to limit the choice for people. The ...

A year of growth and developing opportunities: Franklin Templeton

... decent." He forecast that "stocks will have another year where they do better than bonds" and highlighted labour market forces which were, in many respects, favourable and a key element of keeping inflation down in developed countries, particularly the ...

Consumers getting the message on super: ANOP

... complications and "too time consuming" or "too hard" sentiments. ANOP Director, Margaret Gibbs, reported that the big potential market was in salary sacrificing, with 21 per cent of those surveyed doing it now, leaving 79 per cent. She also added there ...