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Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
There may still be plenty of questions over the virtue and mechanics of the planned "freezing" of loan interest rates for several hundred thousand distressed home loan borrowers in the US. The US government formally outlined the plan this morning without ...

Investors want to unpack asset-backed transactions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
The securitisation industry needs to increase the level of transparency in its investor reporting to overcome scepticism about securitised products, the Reserve Bank has warned. RBA assistant governor Guy Debelle told the annual conference of the Australian ...

Product-based fees create conflict

Financial planners will not be recognised as true professionals for as long as 'product-based' remuneration models exist, according to discussion papers released by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). The Institute has used an ...

SG Hiscock and Stockland win PIR awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
SG Hiscock & Company and the Stockland Trust Group have taken out the awards for Australia's best property managers at the annual Property Investment Research forum dinner held earlier this week. SG Hiscock & Company received the award for best Property ...

India-Australia wealth management forum set for take-off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
India's burgeoning economy is a big opportunity for Australian wealth managers but we are being outflanked by US and UK managers who are getting in ahead of us, said Stephen Manallack, manager of the India-Australia Financial Forum. "India's rapidly ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after stocks fell on Wall Street, as 73,000 workers at General Motors launched a nation-wide strike. This is in spite of higher metal prices overnight and a record-setting performance yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after substantial Wall Street gains on Friday in the wake of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. At 0802 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index was up 28 points ...

Mainland China and HK unite for mutual funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Chinese financial institutions gathered in Hong Kong for the "co-operation and exchange between the mainland and Hong Kong asset management industry" forum to discuss the future of the industry and China's emerging role in the global economy. "This ...

AFS launches business school

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
The Australian Financial Planners Services Group (AFS) has announced plans to open a business school allowing financial planners to grow their skills in running their operations. Beginning in October, the school will offer no financial planning strategy ...

Channel 3: Highlights from the 2007 ASFA Budget Luncheon

Economist and company director Don Stammer talks about the China supercycle, the rising cost of beer and what he thinks of Australia's retirement policies. In May this year, Stammer gave an entertaining and insightful speech at the ASFA Budget Luncheon ...