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Super funds to resurrect ailing RMBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Investor interest in Australian residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) has dropped from $45 billion last year to virtually zero early this year - but a model overhaul and cash injection from super funds could pull the sector out of the doldrums. ...

True Index contains residual risk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
Financial advisers and investors must realise True Index funds are not immune to extreme market events, according to Scott Donald, Russell Investment Group director of fiduciary research. True Index funds aim to replicate an index by investing in an ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
Australian stocks were 2.8 per cent lower at noon on a shortened trading day as big falls in the price of oil and gold and weaker industrial metal prices hammered resources stocks. The financials sector also was weaker after speculation that top-three ...

ASIC zones in on accountants pushing SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Accountants that are advising Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) clients without the proper license will be penalised accordingly, Louise DuPre, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) adviser said. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals ...

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A higher number of ASX-listed company directors have failed to comply with share trading rules today compared to four years ago, raising questions on the prevalence of insider trading and the influence of the country's regulators. The number of top ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was down at midday following a negative lead from Wall Street. The banking sector was again suffering with analysts speculating that stocks were being short sold. At 1207 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 75.2 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply lower on a negative lead from Asian and European markets and large falls in commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 158 points at ...

Austock High Yield gets three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Austock Asset Management has extended its reach into the financial planning industry after its High Yield Fund received a three star rating from research specialist Standard & Poor's. According to Austock Asset Management (Austock), the fund is invested ...

AXA locks and loads

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
AXA is using its global muscle to provide superannuation members with a fund that can lock in gains each year, just like a capital-protected managed fund, and potentially, on a weekly or monthly basis in the future. The Australian launch of North, a ...

Polaris sets PACE

Insurers and fund managers can shorten the time it takes to develop and market new investment products after a new Polaris software testing centre sets up shop in Sydney. The leading finance IT provider has set up a new specialist software testing lab ...