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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 ...

Hunter Hall shares the wealth with staff

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
Hunter Hall has announced a staff equity plan and executive profit sharing scheme in a bid to retain key personnel for the long term, a strategy which will see portfolio managers eventually owning 10 per cent of the company. The Portfolio Manager Share ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
The Australian share market was higher at noon, led by resources stocks following gains in oil and base and precious metals prices overnight. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 16.3 points to 5079.9, while the all ordinaries gained 16.1 ...

Malaysian EPF now unwired for SMS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
Australia runs a technologically more advanced super fund system than Malaysia, right? Wrong, and it's time we caught up with what our northern neighbours are doing. Members of Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and their employers can now obtain ...

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. ...

BMW torques up home lending offering

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
The financial arm of German car giant BMW is moving into the home mortgage market in Australia. BMW Financial Services said yesterday it would offer four home lending options to its car buyers. "The BMW mortgage is a high performance product that can ...

Staff churn afflicts underperforming small cap sector

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Staff churn affected one-quarter of Australian small cap managers. This at a time when the sector notably underperformed could help drive down the ratings of 25 per cent of all S&P rated managers. In its latest sector update released today S&P found ...

Rice Walker restructures

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
Actuary group Rice Walker Actuaries is splitting its business between its Melbourne and Sydney offices to allow staff and consultants to become shareholders of the business and has appointed a former politician to take on the role of independent chairman ...

Reverse mortgages not for inexperienced advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
Reverse mortgages should not be handled by anyone but the most qualified and skilled financial planner, and planners as a whole need to attain higher benchmark standards in order to manage the entire financial affairs of their clients. That is the message ...

Mortgage brokers see clearly with Vivid

MLC has launched a licensee offer called 'Vivid', designed for mortgage brokers who want to break into finance planning and insurance advice. Under the licensee offer, MLC will provide training and support services so that mortgage brokers can give ...