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IMAP open to new members

... representatives from fund managers, wraps, dealer groups, insurance providers, custody providers, legal advisers, research houses and other investment professionals. Membership is for individuals only and costs $300 per person per year although companies ...

Economic round-up: Bank fee jump is our fault, not theirs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... banks too aggressively, maybe the way we use the banks is changing driven by our love of new cars, widescreen TVs, big houses and fancy investment products just results in us buying more bank services than we realise. This is precisely what the RBA think ...

Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... "incorporation by reference" disclosure rules. The superannuation clearing house announcement confirms growing views that clearing houses are financial products because Rudd said employers' responsibilities for the contributions end as soon as the clearing ...

HFA promotes new investment manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... sourcing Asia-Pacific hedge fund managers, developing new funds and driving positive HFA ratings from the research and ratings houses. "In his previous role as Senior Investment Analyst Darren has gained tremendous experience in the management of the ...

Future Fund focuses on building blocks

... current balance is $42 billion with a further $7 billion from the Telstra (T3) sale expected by mid-2008. In addition, it houses 2.1 billion Telstra shares, worth around $9 billion, which are subject to a two-year lock up until November next year. Michelle ...

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 ...

Alternative low-cost retirement funds on rise in US

... market competitors such as low-cost collective funds. Unlike managed funds which are regulated and offered by big investment houses, collective funds are offered by banks and small financial services firms alike and are not regulated. The constraint ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... to January this year and on a year to data basis the fall was a similar 1 per cent. While the number of Private sector houses approved fell by 2.2 per cent over the month and these are now 1.6 per cent less than they were a year ago, on this seasonally ...

China funds under pressure?

... China-specific funds. Up until this week China's growth story was fairly straightforward. Admittedly several investment houses saw the boom as a bubble but nobody predicted it would wipe more than a trillion dollars in paper losses overall from share ...

Morningstar buys S&P managed fund data business

... same way other research providers such as van Eyk, Lonsec and IWL do. While there are several data collectors, ratings houses and in-house research teams that gather information and reports for 'wholesale' managed funds, there were really only Morningstar ...