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AXA inflows stay strong after June 30

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings has posted 61 per cent net inflow growth for the September quarter for its Australian and New Zealand businesses, despite the passing of the June 30 cut-off for deposits up to $1 million. Over the nine months to September 30 ...

Challenger FP model pays dividends

Eight months after a business restructure, Challenger Financial Planning chief executive Greg Kirk said the group's new business model has worked wonders. Only a couple of years ago Challenger's financial planning business was trailing behind its rivals. ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) continues to be the poster child for sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) after raking in $9.6 million in returns for members by shorting shares that didn't pass its SRI screen. Long before Al ...

Under-building down under

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
While the sub-prime meltdown has left the US economy bruised with housing oversupplied and house prices soggy, Australian housing is suffering from supply shortages and prices going through the roof. US economic growth has progressively slowed, where ...

No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
Australian superannuation funds' traditional arguments against sustainable investments are no longer valid, according to a new report from Russell Investment Group. The paper, Sustainable Investing: Marrying Sustainability Concerns with the Quest for ...

Private equity dodges credit knockout

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
While August's credit crunch knocked the stuffing out of private equity, a knockout punch it was not, and the sector has bounced off the ropes back onto its feet to "float like a butterfly". Private equity's (PE) bruises from the global liquidity squeeze ...

Saddle up the greenback

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
Former thoroughbred, the US dollar has morphed into a Shetland pony and the Aussie dollar is one of many currencies climbing on its back. Overnight trading Friday saw Australian dollar rise above US90c for the first time since June 1984 after the US ...

Super dodges sub-prime correction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
The up-and-down market since June might have shaved 1.6 per net off 12 month super returns but over the more important three and five year results it's hardly made a dent, reveals SelectingSuper in their latest super fund performance tables for August. ...

DIY investors all cashed up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Self managed super fund (SMSF) investors may not have a crystal ball on hand but a new survey found that many of them sold out of property and equities well before the July/August market correction. A joint study of more than 2,100 SMSFs back in May ...

Papendieck to leave Skandia

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Multi-manager and platform group Skandia is searching for a new retail general manager after Mark Papendieck resigned to focus on his other business interests. Papendieck has been with the company for nearly two years after he joined as chief operating ...