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Margin lenders bank on reputation not just rates

Investors are choosing margin lenders based on the lender's reputation not just on how much they charge, according to the latest survey from Investment Trends. In a comprehensive survey of over 2,900 investors, the Sydney-based research firm Investment ...

Equity Trustees appoints regional BDM

Equity Trustees has announced the appointment of a new regional business development manager. Mike Mirams joins the Melbourne-based fund manager and will take responsibility for managing client relationships in Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania. ...

S&P gives "recommended" rating to global funds

S&P has assigned European Investor's Global Property Trust a "recommended" rating, while also adding two global Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) funds to their recommended funds. European Investors is a Macquarie group manager within Macquarie Professional ...

Macq eyes $150bn rural property as competitive asset class

With its uncanny knack for spotting relatively untapped investment opportunities, Macquarie Bank plans to launch a wholesale fund aimed at the $150 billion rural property sector. The bank has researched the sector for 18 months to find out if its cash ...

Lloyd George draws $66 million Funds SA mandate

High conviction manager Lloyd George Management has received a $66 million mandate from South Australian-based Funds SA for its LG Asia ex-Japan Fund. The fund was launched in December 2005 and is focused on Asian listed securities ex-Japan. It aims ...

Weekly economic round-up

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will decide to keep interest rates steady at 5.5 per cent after its Board meets to deliberate on monetary policy tomorrow. Last week's domestic data releases has ensured this outcome and increased the probability ...

Snowball FUA reaches $1.8bn

Listed financial services group Snowball is living up to its name by posting a strong 71 per cent increase in funds under advice, reaching $1.77 billion in the six months ending December 2005. Snowball managing director, Tony McDonald, said that the ...

Daily economic update

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its benchmark interest rate overnight to 2.5 per cent from 2.25 per cent. The latest move marks the second rate hike in three months. At a press conference following its decision, ECB President Jean Claude Trichet ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian building approvals disappointed market expectations for a 1.5 per cent rise in January and instead posted a 1.9 per cent decline. The recent figure, coming on top of a 3.5 per cent drop in the previous month, reflects the continued pessimism ...

Retail gross inflows break $200bn for 2005: Plan For Life

Retail managed fund's annual inflows broke $200 billion last year, showing double digit growth from 2004 and strong rates for the top fund managers. Gross inflows for the year to December were $205 billion, up 12 per cent on the previous year, according ...