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Compare the home loan: Members Equity

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
Building on the high profile 'compare the pair' industry funds advertising campaign, Members Equity Bank (ME) has kicked off its own campaign asking TV viewers to compare ME home loans with those from the four major banks. Tony Beck, ME executive manager ...

Shrinking portfolios add risk

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The biggest trend in the Australian equities sector over recent years has been the concentration of portfolios, according to ratings and research houses, who say investors should be mindful of changes in the risk-return relationship. According to InvestorWeb's ...

NZ securities reforms pass legislature

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
New laws to improve the New Zealand regulatory framework have been passed by the legislature and hopes are high they will lift investor confidence and encourage greater investment. NZ Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel said the new legislation should ...

Citigroup taps into migrant banking needs

Citigroup Australia's Global Transaction Services division has this week launched a new retail banking service that will provide low cost and secure remittance facilities for immigrants sending money back to their former home countries. "This is a large ...

Exotic and unequitable fees on the rise

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The increase of exotic long-short and absolute return funds has triggered a rise in steep and unequitable fee structures, a cause for concern for some research and ratings houses. Zenith director, David Wright, said unattractive structures that reward ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Financial markets across the world have held up reasonably well despite North Korea's nuclear tests that sent shockwaves across global financial markets on Monday. Most markets recovered by Tuesday and the US Dow Jones Industrial Index reached its record ...

More growth through structured products and MAs

Structured products and managed or wrap accounts are the next cornerstones of the global investment funds sector, according to an on-the-spot poll of fund managers and other industry participants at the SIBOS conference held this week. The majority ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
The Australian share market was stronger at noon with the big miners leading the way upward on the back of stronger metals prices overnight. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 40.6 points stronger at 5239.7 while the all ordinaries gained 39.5 ...

Risky LPTs distorting the sector: Macquarie

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
Listed property trusts (LPTs) have never varied so widely according to Macquarie, who say out that much of the sector has been skewed by LPTs operating like anything but a traditional LPT and carrying risk beyond their traditional scope. David Dix ...

Mellon launches global alpha bond

Mellon Global Investments Australia has launched the Mellon Global Bond Alpha Trust in response to rising investor demand for higher yielding fixed income products. The group said the Global Bond Alpha Trust builds on the success of the Mellon Global ...