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Residential property wins

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Residential property investment is the highest performing asset class over the last 20 years according to latest research, and one way to access it is to buy into pooled residential property funds. Lee Hughes, analyst at property research specialist ...

DKN Financial FUA falls 26pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
DKN Financial Group's funds under advice (FUA) fell 26 per cent during 2008 but the group's chief executive remains adamant the business is in "good shape". DKN's preliminary results for the six months to the end of December last year found FUA dropped ...

Meat fund invests in high growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
The $529 million Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund is defying the super industry's flight to cash when it recently introduced a new "high growth" investment option to members. Up until the start of this year, MIESF did not offer investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open flat as Wall Street awaits details of the US government's overhaul of a $US700 billion ($A1.04 trillion) financial rescue program. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index ...

Telstra Super members gain rebate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Almost 30,000 Telstra Super members will receive a rebate on their group insurance premiums after lower than expected claim levels with the fund's insurer, TOWER Australia over the past three years. Telstra Super's deal with TOWER Australia means the ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
No prize for guessing but which G-7 country is suffering a worse hangover than the US? Clue: Its name also starts with the word United. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted that global growth would ...

New CEO for Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Russell Investments has named Andrew S. Doman as the company's new global chief executive officer, effective February 2, 2009. Doman succeeds John Schlifske, who was named president and CEO in June 2008. Schlifske will continue to serve as the company's ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
Defying the flight to cash, members of the $1 billion dollar legalsuper have increased investments into the fund's S&P/ASX200 option by up to 40 per cent. According to legalsuper, the industry fund experienced nearly 40 per cent in growth for its S&P/ASX200 ...

LGSS fixes pricing error

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
The Local Government Superannuation Scheme has addressed a unit pricing error that occured in the September quarter last year, according to a fund statement. LGSS issued a statement in December noting that there had been a tax error that occurred with ...