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Instalment warrants spice up property portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have traditionally favoured direct property investment as a lucrative money making asset. Now instalment warrants are being hailed as the latest vehicle to help them grow their unlisted property portfolio. SMSF superannuation ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Rage and accusations are now rearing their ugly heads as embattled councils attempt to recoup their losses from sub-prime backed CDO investments, but the crisis could spark a government rethink on how councils should invest their funds. Hugh McLernon ...

India dominates global IPO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
The volatile Indian stock market may have been hit harder than stock markets in the developed world during January but it hasn't frightened companies that believe in its upside, judging on latest global IPO data. The Indian market wide NIFTY index from ...

Lander joins Credit Suisse

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia has appointed former van Eyk research head, Jerome Lander, to head of international equities and portfolio of diversified assets. Lander will manage the international equities and portfolio of diversified assets ...

Ord Minnett adopts Ausmaq solution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Wealth management firm Ord Minnett has announced its decision to incorporate managed fund trade facilitator Ausmaq's Fundstreme solution to boost its managed funds investments within their advisory service. The new venture will see Ord Minnett extend ...

PI a priority at Paragem

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Dealer-to-dealer financial services provider Paragem Partners has upped its stake in the risk and compliance playing field as the firm launches its debut professional indemnity support service for small businesses. Paragem announced the launch of its ...

Centrelink lends hand on fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
Centrelink has tweaked its financial literacy program to reflect new changes to superannuation and tax rules. While many finance institutions have joined the financial literacy trail only in the past few years, Centrelink has been providing free financial ...

Super gender gap narrows

Men still have double the savings in super than women but a new report shows that women are fast catching up. The Association of Superannuation Funds in Australia (ASFA) used data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Survey of Income and Housing ...

Snowball rolls up three advice practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Financial services group, Snowball has purchased a fixed proportion of business and revenue from three undisclosed Sydney based financial planning practices, adding almost $200 million in funds under advice to the group. This follows Snowball's purchase ...

Even Macquarie has to pay for funding

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Macquarie Group chief financial officer Greg Ward reported yesterday that the group has been paying between 15 and 30 basis points more for funding since the credit market liquidity crisis hit in July. The group has had a strong flow of retail deposits ...