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Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
Australia's superannuation savings pool has climbed to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

In a detailed wealth management update today, the heads at Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm announced a raft of good news, a better fund manager remuneration scheme and the launch of a new margin lending tool. The bank's financial services ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
China has announced that its prime lending rate will rise by 0.27 per cent to 6.39 per cent which is the highest that it has been in eight years. Also increasing by the same amount is the deposit rate that now sits at 2.79 per cent. CPI Inflation in ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
In line with other recent optimism about the Australian economy the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence has risen by 3.7 per cent in March to a score of 115.5 points, its highest level since August 2005. Just over 4 per cent of ...

Equity lenders prepare to take on reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
Shared equity lenders are preparing for a turf war with reverse mortgage lenders for the retiree equity release market. The first non-government shared equity loan, Rismark's equity finance mortgage, is being marketed at this stage to first home buyers ...

Cbus wins Investment Stewardship Award

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
Cbus has won the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium's inaugural Investment Stewardship Award recognising long-term investment achievement by a financial services organisation. To win the award, finalists were evaluated according to financial results ...

One in 10 Japanese planners pass CFP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
Only 10 per cent of Japanese financial planners sitting for the November 2006 Certified Financial Planner certification exams managed to pass, said the Japan Financial Planning Association (JFPA). The exams, held in 10 major cities throughout Japan ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
The Australian National Accounts were released yesterday showing that in seasonally adjusted terms GDP increased by 1 per cent during the December quarter which is the highest growth since June 2005. The previous September quarter had a meager 0.3 per ...

K2 targets retail investors

Absolute Return specialist K2 Asset Management will lower its minimum investment from $50,000 to $20,000 as part of its strategy to increase its retail investor base. K2 has also assumed the role of responsible entity for its funds and has taken over ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher despite a weak lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0825 AEDT, the March share price index contract was up 17 points at 5,635. Today, Allco Equity Partners is due to hold an ...