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BT backs new hedge fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
BT Financial Group has partnered with new hedge fund manager Voyager Funds Management in a distribution deal for the group's flagship Voyager Pan Asia Fund. The long-short equities fund, run by Voyager's seven person investment team, is market neutral ...

CommInsure appoints new head of adviser distribution

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
CommInsure has filled the newly created role of head of adviser distribution with an internal promotion. Todd Kardash, national sales manager with CommInsure since 2005, has been promoted to the role of head of adviser distribution. Kardash will take ...

More super incentives from the Treasurer

... contributions will be $150,000., On top of the annual cap, individuals can still contribute a lifetime limit of $1 million from the sale of small business assets which have been held for 15 years, and any pay received for injuries that result in permanent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
Figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that the number of dwellings approved during July increased by 8.3 per cent to reach the highest level since May 2005. The result was largely a consequence of a 13.6 per cent increase ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
Australian stocks followed the US lower today after a brief tick higher this morning, with a mixed performance across the board. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had edged 4.6 points downwards to 5110.8, while the all ordinaries dipped 4.4 points ...

Australian agribusiness will be China's breadbasket

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
Australian agribusiness produces 40 per cent more than California and this means Australia has a huge opportunity to become the breadbasket of China, according property and agribusiness specialist SAITeysMcMahon (SAITM). Stephen Lynch, head of agribusiness ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher as stronger commodity prices buck a weak lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contact was up seven points at 5,111. Today, insurer Suncorp Metway ...

Asteron launches income product for 80s and over

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Promina Group's financial services business Asteron yesterday launched an income stream product aimed at those 80 and over, designed to kick in when retirement savings start to dwindle. Designed to complement the pension, the Asteron Longevity Income ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Australian Bureau of Statistics data released yesterday revealed a 0.6 per cent increase in the seasonally adjusted value of retail sales in July to $18.1 billion, largely as a result of a 7 per cent increase in department store sales which accounted ...

Intelligently designed eLearning programs boost sales

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
ELearning was once considered just a cost-cutting tool driven by human resources departments wanting to lower training costs, but if it is intelligently redesigned it can become a method of finding and retaining customers and boost customer loyalty. ...