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Count down to lower H2 revenue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Count Financial may have pocketed a neat $10.74 million in after-tax profits for the second half of 2007, but the firm makes no pretense in warning that the figures will be anything but rosy for the same time this year. Count Financial reported a net ...

IPOs hit by market uncertainty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... down. Reflecting this, the survey found that seven of the 10 largest IPOs in 2007 were trading below their issue price by year end in December - even prior to the recent market falls. Despite this however, the Deloitte survey found the average IPO return ...

Super funds to hold firm despite market crisis

... super fund returns have moved from 15.2 per cent to as low as 10.8 per cent before bouncing to nearly 14 per cent by year end. Similary, the year 2006 saw returns peak to nearly 21 per cent before a sober 14.5 per cent gain by year end. Last year, according ...

Private equity dodges credit knockout

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... PE and VC funds. "First round investments again led overall, accounting for 72.3 per cent of the total." Post fiscal year end and the sub-prime activated credit crunch, markets have been experiencing an October rebound and credit markets are now enjoying ...

Members treble personal contributions: Sunsuper

Sunsuper has announced its biggest year ever in contributions after members parked three times more of their own money into the fund during the year. The Queensland-based super fund has recorded more than $2.5 billion in total contributions for the ...

Symantec warns on tax time cybercrime

Leading protection software provider Symantec has urged consumers and businesses to be more vigilant around tax year end after the group's research found more sophisticated and heightened phishing attacks around 30 June. The term 'phishing' refers to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
Following the announcement by the US that it would impose tariffs on imported paper products from China after its research had shown that they were being subsidized by 10-20 per cent, trade negotiations have become more urgent as key players perceive ...

Index funds basking in the glow of 6,000

With the S&P/ASX300 Index zooming past 6,000 points last week, investors in index funds can look back at another year of exceptional passive returns. According to Rainmaker Data, the top 10 index funds last year achieved an average return of 24 per ...

CommBank FUA reaches $168b

It's not just 'which bank' but 'which funds' today after the Commonwealth Bank posted a 22.7 per cent growth in funds under administration (FUA) to $168 billion in the half year ended 31 December 2006. The funds management business posted a 27 per cent ...

Virgin Super zooms to top quartile

Virgin Super climbs up the Rainmaker Data performance tables to rank 30th out of over 200 competing products, another proof that index investing delivers value-for-money to investors. Launched in July 2005, Virgin Super offers two products, one for ...