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QIC's new asset class a hot commodity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
Leading fund manager QIC has decided to label "commodities" as a separate class in its portfolios after it observed that traditionally uncorrelated markets such as fixed income and equities are starting to behave like each other. The QIC Red Paper found ...

Growth bond plays tax trump card

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
AMP has launched the AMP Growth Bond, a "tax paid" investment that allows investors to accumulate wealth with no lock in periods. The AMP Growth Bond is an investment or insurance bond style of where tax is paid on investment earnings within the product ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
A group of investors and asset consultants, sitting on a panel at an InAssociation infrastructure conference in Sydney on Wednesday, was asked to make a call on the future of the investment bank specialist funds model. They agreed it was over. The infrastructure ...

Plan B bears market pain

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Boutique wealth manager Plan B's full year results were not as stellar as the numbers in the half year although the company still managed to meet its earnings target and dish out higher-than-planned dividends for shareholders. Six months ago, Plan B ...

More super to move into daily pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
In the future, more super funds will behave like fund managers, giving members a chance to see how much their savings are worth on a daily basis - a radical departure from today's convention of monthly, quarterly and yearly valuations. The debate surrounding ...

IRESS buys boost profits

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
IRESS' buying spree earlier this year has fattened the profits of the company's wealth management business by 7.2 per cent. IRESS wealth management arms in Australia and New Zealand reported a healthy first half with revenue increasing by 7.2 per cent ...

Choice-of-fund members jump 81pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
An unprecedented number of Australians opted out of their 'default' super fund in the past 12 months, up 81 per cent compared to the previous year, showing more people are finally taking advantage of the radical "choice of super fund" legislation introduced ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (18 - 22 Aug 2008) The dearth of key market moving factors indicates this week that financial market activity will continue to focus on the rapid appreciation of the US dollar against most major currencies and the decline in ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
More than 45 per cent of major US pension funds and endowments are reviewing their securities lending programs after a number suffered liquidity issues during the worst of the credit crisis last year. This year financial services firm Greenwich Associates ...

Thirst for planners soars 55pc

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
Australia's demand for professional financial planners is expected to grow by 55 per cent in the next five years, said the Financial Planning Association of Australia. According to new research by the FPA's Future Financial Planners Council, the demand ...