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AMP hit by lower discretionary contributions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... is the latest set of data to show that Australians are feeling the pinch, with many reducing the amount of their discretionary contributions in the last three months compared to the same time last year. According to AMP, total retail super and pensions/annuities ...

Vision pumps $450m into Millennium Global

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... Asia, the Middle East and now Australia. MGI employs active currency management using a distinctive fundamental discretionary investment philosophy to identify investment opportunities in global currency markets. "This approach has delivered consistent ...

Deutsche Bank extends Russian footprint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... with more than $700 million in assets under management at the end of June. The firm provides investment funds and discretionary portfolio management for private and institutional clients. The deal means Deutsche Bank's Russian asset management business ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... healthcare sector. We remain underweight listed property trusts, geared infrastructure investment vehicles, utilities, discretionary expenditure and US housing [and] consumer exposures," he said. Karara also announced that its small companies portfolio ...

TAAM signs TPC for Asia fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... story." He continued, "In particular, when you look at the positive long term fundamentals, growth in the number of discretionary middle class consumers&the current market environment [and] the low debt levels across Asia, are in stark contrast to what's ...

AMP roadmap to growth

... favourable. "Locally, successive Australian governments have created greater tax incentives to encourage higher discretionary saving into retirement incomes. This, combined with compulsory saving, will drive a doubling of the industry's size well within ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... concerns about inflation and that consumers will pare back their spending as higher prices at the pump cut into their discretionary income. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 120.90 points, or 0.94 per cent, to settle at 12,745.88. The Standard & ...

AMP Fin Services Q1 cashflow drops $624m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... with total net cashflows of $129 million this quarter, compared with $753 million same time last year, due to lower discretionary super contributions and the 'first quarter' season lull. Excluding corporate superannuation mandate wins in both periods ...

Managed accounts expands asset mix

... to use MAs is if investors start comparing the cost between running a PDS-ruled product versus running a managed discretionary account (MDA). According to Heather, the price differential is a minimum of 15 basis points extra cost when a dealer group ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... would be willing to sacrifice their own superannuation. More than one in four would also be willing to re-direct discretionary spending, take less expensive or no holidays or not update the family car. With so much appetite for parents to help their ...