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DirectPortfolio to launch SMA Lite

Separately managed account (SMA) specialist DirectPortfolio Services plans to tap into the Gen X and Gen Y market with a slimmed down version of their product to be called 'SMA Lite'. An SMA is like a managed fund except an SMA structure allows clients ...

ABS christmas gift: free statisics for one and all

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will no longer charge for statistics, provided users access the website and obtain electronic versions. The announcement about the new deal was made recently by the Treasurer Peter Costello when marking recent 100th ...

Zurich to launch Life Risk Factory

Zurich Financial Services is to unveil a life risk insurance platform that will make it easier, cheaper and faster for people to get life insurance cover. Zurich's head of life risk Andrew McKee declined to give further comment on the proposed platform ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian consumer confidence fell by 2.7 per cent to 104.7 in November from 107.6 in the previous month. According to Westpac, concern over higher interest rates and the fall in house prices were chiefly responsible for the drop in consumer confidence. ...

Aon first diversified group to get RSE

Aon Australia is the first Australian group to be granted an RSE licence from APRA's diversified institutions group, ahead of the June deadline next year. Aon's managing director in Australia, Stewart Fotheringham, said the licensing underscores their ...

Perpetual wins for being green

Perpetual's Ethical SRI Fund claimed the prestigious gong for the Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) fund of the year award beating two other finalists, BT Ethical Share Fund and SAM Sustainability Leaders Australia Trust. Michael Walsh, editor ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy unchanged following its Board meeting last week. The RBA last raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent in March. Since then, indications that growth ...

ClearView to Coin software for planners

Coin Software Pty Ltd (Coin), a now wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Adviser Services, will supply planning software to MBF Group member, ClearView Retirement, under a deal that was announced yesterday. ClearView's head of technical support, Phil ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Last week's battery of domestic economic reports did nothing to alter the prevailing view over Australian monetary policy settings. If anything, they strengthened investors' conviction that local interest rates will remain steady at 5.5 per cent in ...

Business investments overtakes consumer spending

Today's economic data reports re-affirm consensus views that Australian business investment has become the major driving force in the economy, taking over the mantle from consumer spending and housing. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported ...