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Future Fund won't be a market burden: Minchin

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2005
The federal government's billion dollar Future Fund would be large but it would not be an "800 pound gorilla", according to Finance Minister Nick Minchin. Senator Minchin said the government would seek to minimise any disruption to markets caused by ...

ASIC bans financial planner in the west

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Geoffrey Sanders from providing financial services after it determined there was a realistic likelihood he would not adhere to financial services laws in the future. ...

Super assets hit $700 billion on back of strong performance

Strong investment performance has boosted the bottom line position of total superannuation assets in Australia with the sector rising 2.4 per cent in the March quarter and 12.5 per cent for the first three quarters of the 2004-05 financial year. This ...

Specialist investment managers not prominent in retail marketing

Specialist investment managers appear not to have made strong inroads in directly marketing to retails funds according to Standard & Poor's latest Assirt Market Share Analysis. The seven investment managers analysed in the report include Barclays Global ...

Life insurance market posts strong results

The life insurance market received a shot in the arm during the last year to the end of March with inflows rising nearly 11 per cent from $4.1 billion to $4.5 billion. While double digit growth in premium inflows was not uncommon with Prefsure (20 per ...

Another bumper financial year for super funds

Superannuation funds are well and truly back in the black with the median fund in Mercer's pooled fund survey returning 13.2 per cent for the 2004/2005 financial year following a median 14.2 per cent in the previous financial year. The two positive ...

BT unveils new structures and roles for senior executives

BT Financial Group has completed a reorganisation of its structure from shifting from a functional focus to discrete business units. The shift has resulted in head of distribution Chris Freeman moving to head of Wrap Solutions while Geoff Peck has moved ...

AMP makes ground in investment management

Following the preliminary finds from Standard & Poor's Assirt market share snapshot report earlier this month, which revealed Macquarie's strong growth in total investment management (TIM), the latest report shows AMP achieving the second highest increase ...

US online broker taps into local options market

US online broker optionsXpress has entered the Australian market launching the first online options trading for Australian investors. The offering will enable investors to transact online and the trading of options across both the US and Australian ...

Research reveals industry funds perform

Research commissioned by Industry Fund Services reveals industry super funds have outperformed for the fifth consecutive quarter generating more dollars for members compared with retail master trusts. The review undertaken by SuperRatings looked at ...