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Macquarie posts 23pct profit hike

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
Macquarie Group has reported a 23 per cent rise in net profit after tax to $1.8 billion on the previous year, buoyed by strong returns from its investment banking deals and equity-related businesses in Asia-Pacific and Europe. The group's assets under ...

Australians wary of advice commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
Nearly two thirds of Australians believe the adviser sales commission system compromises financial advice, according to a Newspoll survey. The Industry Super Network (ISN) commissioned Newspoll survey on public confidence in the financial advice industry ...

Investment Trends names top SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
BlackRock, MLC and Tricom are among the top separately managed account (SMA) players according to a new Investment Trends report. BlackRock has surged ahead of the separately managed account (SMA) pack to be crowned the provider with best overall functionality ...

Share performance gap widens after tax

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
There are more reasons why investors should put their savings in a super fund after a new report found a substantial difference between the returns of funds taxed within super and under a personal tax rate. The Russell/ASX Long Term Investing study ...

Investec earnings modest, eyes Aus

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008

IFM adopts UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), bringing the FUM weight to almost $400 billion for organisations that have now signed the protocols. The UN PRI includes a set of "aspirational" ...

Have coffee, will iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Barclay's Global Investors (BGI) taps into the country's cafA(C) lifestyle to promote its Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, iShares, following a deal with a coffee marketing group. BGI is the first firm to use Eat Media's CafA(C) Domination strategy ...

Canadian RMBS not the answer: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Australia's residential-backed mortgage securities (RMBS) market should be allowed to recover without the intervention of a government-backed agency, argues Standard & Poor's (S&P). Neither a nationalisation of Australia's market nor an adoption of ...

Home loan fall follows rate hikes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Australian housing finance commitments for owner-occupied housing fell by a seasonally adjusted 6.1 per cent in March, which was much worse than the median market forecast for a one per cent fall. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said 59,371 home ...

Industry responds to APRA report

APRA's latest research on the governing practices of super funds revealed key differences between how retail fund trustees and industry fund trustees operate, but players from both sides of the fence argue their case. APRA's comprehensive report found ...