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US giant targets local mortgage insurance market

... leading provider of lenders mortgage insurance in the US, with $214.6 billion (US$176.5 billion) primary insurance book covering 1.3 million mortgages as at December last year. In February, the group acquired its rival Radian Group for $5.95 billion ...

Super fees jump triple inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... AustChoice topped the rankings for the lowest cost premium choice fund. The study diagnoses fees for 458 separate products, covering 191 not for profit fund variants and 267 master trusts representing half the entire assets of superannuation industry ...

Tolhurst appoints new economist/strategist

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... macro side, as well as reporting on the effects of various economic developments. His background includes many years covering major economic events and analysing overnight market activity. He also has extensive experience in reporting on large cap equities ...

Bigger teams, more products for fixed interest: S&P

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... S&P fixed interest sector report surveyed both the Australian fixed interest and diversified fixed interest sectors, covering 30 managers offering more than 60 core products. The report found that despite a dramatic increase in staff turnover, with several ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

... the maximum returns. "The trustee is saying 'I may not get amazing returns but I'm locking in the risk', which is about covering those pension liabilities," said ipac securities' chief investment officer Jeff Rogers. According to JP Morgan research ...

Canadian pension fund returns topping 14 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... impressive 6.7 per cent return over the last four years. The RBC Dexia Investor Services report is based on a survey covering C$340 billion in Canadian pension fund assets.

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... than retail master trusts, $2,212 more over three years and $5,287 more over five years. The study reviewed 99 funds, covering $260 billion over 10 million member accounts, including 37 industry funds, 31 corporate master trusts and 31 personal master ...

Zenith recommends 7 Aust small co funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
Zenith has completed an Australian Small Companies Sector Review covering 40 funds, with seven funds included on Zenith's recommended list. The newest addition to the recommended list was the Macquarie Australian Small Companies Fund, bringing the total ...

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... Federal Labor Opposition has come under fire for its plan to build a high speed broadband fibre to the node (FTTN) network covering 98 per cent of the population, with the $4.7 billion dollar project to be bankrolled by the Future Fund's remaining 17 ...

AAS loses chief executive

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... in-turn owned by the private equity group Pacific Equity Partners. According to Rainmaker, AAS administers superannuation covering approximately 3.5 million member accounts. No one at AAS was available for comment.