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Perpetual mortgage funds reopen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Perpetual has reopened applications for three of its $1.7 billion mortgage funds after an 18 day suspension to all its mortgage and income funds. The fund manager announced yesterday that it is now accepting applications for the Monthly Income Fund ...

Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Slashers. This is what most central banks around the world have become as their respective economies appear oblivious to the myriad of rescue packages and the amount of money that is already flooding the system. The dire straits the global economy is ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Australian equities remained in the doldrums in spite of the hopeful promise that came about with the changing of the guards at the White House. Senator Barack Obama's triumphant victory in the US Presidential election was welcomed with jubilation the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket remained firmly in the red at noon, dragged down by the miners after sharply lower base metal prices in London and a more than five per cent drop on Wall Street overnight on heightened concerns of a US recession. At 1210 AEDT ...

More planners to use SMAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
More than 80 per cent of financial planners and other wealth management professionals who offer separately managed accounts (SMA) to their clients see SMAs as a tool to generate a new revenue stream for their business, a survey shows. The findings came ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... banks appear to have learnt their lesson). With a recession in sight, risk metrics for business and consumers are flashing red. Banks would rather hoard the money than become illiquid or sink to insolvency later. You can lead a horse to water but you ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... cent, to 14,384.34 points. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket turned its back on the morning's small gain, ending the day in the red. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 12.35 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 2844.31.

Sale won't affect clients: Pillar

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
The NSW government's proposal to sell the superannuation administration provider, Pillar will not affect its operations or its client accounts, accordng to a spokesperson for the firm. Mark Luciano, Pillar general manager of marketing and business development ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was firmly in the red at noon, weighed down by mining stocks following largely softer metals prices overnight and a flat US lead. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 73.2 points, or 1.73 per cent, at 4,148.3 ...

Planners still optimistic: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
Bad markets? Tick. Shaky economic times? Tick. Planners' business growth? Tick. Despite the market downturn, 43 per cent of financial planning business owners are confident their business will grow by more 25 per cent per year in the next five years ...