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Best Advice close to federation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
Project East West or the Best Advice Project has closed its books and gearing up to federate in April. The Best Advice group began 10 years ago as an informal group of advisory practices sharing ideas on how to best expand their business and serve clients. ...

International value funds back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
International value funds have been lying low for several years, but the sweep of panic wafting from the recent credit market turbulence has the funds gearing for a major comeback - with several US fund managers eyeing the Australian market. US investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... about the US economy ahead of key jobs data and a slide in Sony shares to a 14-month low after the maker of PlayStation game gear cut its profit forecast. The Nikkei closed down 0.7 per cent at 13,497.16, a loss of 95.31 points. HONG KONG - Hong Kong ...

Standing in the eye of the storm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The once established "Centro" name is now often synonymous with the words "problematic", "collapsed" and "embattled", but other property fund managers have begun to see silver linings following the Centro meltdown. Listed property funds manager, Aspen ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
The Australian stock market was sharply lower at noon, dragged down by losses on Wall Street on Friday caused by lingering recession fears. At 1212 AEDT the S&P/ASX200 index was down 103.6 points to 5,643.7 and the All Ordinaries had shed 104.4 points ...

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
On the eve of the implementation of the most significant provision of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the regulator Austrac has conceded that there is a big loophole in the law. Austrac issued a statement yesterday, saying ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
India's dramatic transformation into the modern economy is even more remarkable given its socialist past and the fact it was almost bankrupt just five years ago. "We used to have great faith in socialism especially when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister. ...

The missed education on margin lending

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
Three in five investors are not fully aware of the benefits of using an investment loan to boost their portfolio returns, according to a new research. The Macquarie Bank sponsored research found 63 per cent of investors had not considered using an investment ...

Low frills, high returns

In a world where many fund managers pump performance through frenzied financial engineering, boutique manager Hyperion keeps it simple to stay on top. For a fund manager that's ranked number one in Australian equities by Mercer for the 10 years to 31 ...

Volatility fails to dampen super returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
Recent volatility has failed to dent long-term superannuation returns, with five-year default fund average returns topping 12 per cent for the first time since funds started reporting monthly, according to the latest monthly SelectingSuper Default Option ...