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Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Investments in international property, hedge funds and ethical investments have fallen sharply during the June quarter, Rainmaker data shows. The Rainmaker Roundup June quarter report found among the slowest growing sectors was international property ...

IMF funds Great Southern action

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
IMF (Australia) has agreed to fund a group action against Great Southern Plantations on behalf of investors who exchanged their woodlot interests for shares in Great Southern during the course of Project Transform. The funding will cover claims by investors ...

TPD tax changes could increase premiums: ASFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Tax changes around the deductibility of insurance premiums for disability superannuation benefits has been criticised by one industry association that warns insurance premiums may rise. According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

OAMPS signs on Money Solutions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
Retail super fund OAMPS Super has appointed Money Solutions as its financial advice provider. OAMPS, which had $224 million in funds under management at the end of June according to Rainmaker Information, started the new financial planning service arrangements ...

Rev mortgage market continues to grow

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Australia's reverse mortgage market has grown five per cent in the six months to June with total outstanding funding representing $2.6 billion but the number of new borrowers has declined, a study found. The Deloitte SEQUAL Reverse Mortgage Study found ...

HSBC appoints head of securities services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
HSBC Bank Australia Limited has appointed Andrew Bastow as head of securities services, Australia effective 7 December 2009. In this role, Bastow will be responsible for overseeing the ongoing growth in the Securities Services business in Australia ...

REI Super named as default fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
The $600 million REI Super has been named as the default superannuation fund in the first draft of a new Federal Real Estate Award. REI Super, which had $608 million at the end of June according to Rainmaker Information, has been singled out by the ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Talk of the town. That's the RBA of course. At a time when other G-20 nations continue to debate the growth alphabet of their own recovery, Australia's central bank declared, 'no mas!' 'No mas' need for keeping interest rates at the emergency level ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger after world markets jumped partly on the strength of the rise in official interest rates in Australia on Tuesday. Commodity prices rose overnight, too. At 0727 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Count: 13 times lucky

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
Countplus has settled its thirteenth acquisition - purchasing a 25 per cent share in Canberra-based advice firm, Achieve Corporation. Achieve, founded by Simon Mitchell in 2003, is a specialist payroll and advice firm and employs 23 people. There are ...