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LIXI makes lending technologies more affordable

The Lending Industry XML Initiative (LIXI), a non-profit organisation representing mortgage brokers and lenders, has changed its membership model to allow more industry players to adopt better and cheaper e-commerce technologies. LIXI was established ...

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
SelectingSuper has released its one, three and five year performance rankings for super funds up to 28 February 2007, showing a fairly even balance between the segments leading the performance pack. According to the benchmark indices, the Rainmaker/SelectingSuper ...

Hedge fund myths confuse investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
When you hear about hedge funds, they are either heroes or villains, while a lot of myths about hedge funds leads to too much confusion among investors, said hedge fund of funds manager EACM Advisors. One of the myths is they are unregulated and somehow ...

CPA Australia and SEQUAL team up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
Accounting body CPA Australia has worked with the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) to develop a new guide for members who are advising clients on reverse mortgages. Kath Bowler, CPA Australia financial planning policy ...

Russell best ideas fund recommended by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
Zenith has rated the Russell Select Holdings Fund, a fund of best ideas, recommended on the back of its "sound and logical rationale". The Russell fund compiles a concentrated portfolio of just 20 stocks. The Select Holdings Strategy was launched in ...

Houses at half price

Families priced out of the property market can avail of a new product that only requires them to stump up 50 per cent of the cost of property. St George bank and property group Australand have banded together to offer a 'co-ownership plan', a type of ...

Funds address $750m in errors: Deloitte

A comprehensive Deloitte report on unit pricing to be published later this month has found that three out of four investment firms managing unit pricing data have reviewed their policy in response to the regulator's Best Practice Guide released in late ...

Rainmaker Marketing Awards now open for nominations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007
Nominations have opened for the 2007 Rainmaker Marketing Awards honoring outstanding achievements in marketing, sales and business development by individuals, groups of individuals or organisations in the wealth management industry. "There are 17 awards ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is set to open lower following a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0817 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down seven points at 5,801. The Australian stock market closed in positive ...

Private equity lending restrained at Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
Westpac Institutional Bank group executive Phil Chronican spelled out the bank's approach to providing leverage finance to private equity groups at an investor briefing this week. The bank has been active in supporting private equity transactions "that ...