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Super Concepts buys Super Design

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... continue in tandem with the growing number of funds being established. Trowbridge Deloitte predicts the sector could grow to a third of the total super industry in Australia by 2021, with $1.46 trillion in assets. Suter also said Super Design can now ...

ABN AMRO gives investors new Elixir

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... any of the three portfolios exceeds 25 per cent in its first year, 35 per cent in its second year or 45 per cent in its third year. Investors are insulated from shorter-term index downturns as portfolios are judged solely on their performance over their ...

Blame it on my Blackberry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... appears we have a hard time turning them off," Singh said. "Just over half said they never turn the devices off, with a third turning them off only over the weekend. "In fact, about half said they would be reluctant to give up the device." This increasingly ...

SMSF numbers show huge jump

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... cent increase over the previous year and follows figures from Trowbridge Deloitte predicting the sector could grow to a third of the total super industry in Australia by 2021, with $1.46 trillion in assets. The survey also predicted over $100 billion ...

Super changes push SMSFs through planner doors

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... recent changes in superannuation laws, 55 per cent of all self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees now use planners, up from a third in December 2005, according the latest AMP/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Funds: Investor and Planner report. Investment ...

CommunityCPS launches charity foundation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Financial institutions in Australia routinely celebrate their wealth and profit results but more are trying to harness this to drive community marketing initiatives and charity foundations. The latest institution to do launch a charity foundation is ...

AFA soft skills forum attracts 600

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
The soft skills traveling forum conducted by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) last month attracted more then 600 advisers and delegates throughout Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane and Melbourne who heard how they can develop their ...

US securitisation provisions cost Mariner Bridge

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
Mariner Bridge yesterday announced a full year net profit of $4.1 million, offset by a $10.4 million provision for the company's investments in the US securitisation market. Including a further $5 million provision for 2008, Mariner will have now written ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... more conservatively than its US counterpart, with interest rates subduing investor sentiment. In the US, stocks rose for a third successive session. The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 153.56 points to end at 13,657.86, while the Standard & Poor's ...

The upside of carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... of recovering just a quickly. Markets seem to be rapidly making up ground considering the US markets finished up for the third day in a row, despite more volatility. The Nasdaq composite index had its best three-day percentage gain in a year while the ...