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MFS goes on a shopping spree

HAMISH MADDEN | THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007

Listed investment group MFS has been on a buying spree of late, announcing it had entered into an agreement to purchase another New Zealand advisory firm, taking a 40 per cent stake in an Australian funds management business and launching an off-market ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007

Australia's superannuation savings pool has climbed to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007

The Japanese economy continues to show consistently good economic signals with the national surplus rising by 7.7 per cent in February compared to a year earlier. While exports grew by 9.7 per cent over the period, the fastest rate for eight months ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007

China has announced that its prime lending rate will rise by 0.27 per cent to 6.39 per cent which is the highest that it has been in eight years. Also increasing by the same amount is the deposit rate that now sits at 2.79 per cent. CPI Inflation 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 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007

The Australian National Accounts were released yesterday showing that in seasonally adjusted terms GDP increased by 1 per cent during the December quarter which is the highest growth since June 2005. The previous September quarter had a meager 0.3 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007

Following its most recent meeting about interest rates the Reserve Bank has expectedly decided not to raise interest rates and the cash rate remains unchanged at 6.25 per cent. The RBA expects non-farm GDP to increase to 3.5 per cent having softened ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007

Analysis of data on private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure just release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that in seasonally adjusted terms total new capital expenditure rose by only 1 per cent during the September to December ...

Margin calls up but investors not down

Macquarie's margin lending arm saw margin calls more than double in the midst of the Chinese market-led freefall yet, on the whole, Macquarie said investors are using their big buffer of cash to buy more shares. Peter van der Westhuyzen, division director ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP | THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007

The Australian share market has followed Wall Street to begin recovering from yesterday's horror as investors sift through the wreckage in search of bargains. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 12.1 points to 5844.6, while the all ordinaries ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA | 12:25PM

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:30PM

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:21PM

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI | 12:13PM

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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