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Matrix planner wins AFA Rising Star Award

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
Jason Danjoux, a Matrix Planning Solutions representative, has taken out the AFA Rising Star Award 2006 in a close decision over his fellow finalists. The AFA Rising Star Award, sponsored by ING, recognises the dynamic talents of some of the industry's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
The Australian Fair Pay Commission yesterday increased the national minimum wage for low paid workers by $27.36 to $700 and by $22.04 for those above $700 in a decision that was supported by both major political parties and the union movement but opposed ...

Ord Minnett Enhanced Income Fund gets IWL thumbs up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
The newly launched Ord Minnett Enhanced Income Fund has been rated a buy from IWL Research, with IWL pointing out several factors that differentiate the product in the market. IWL said the fund was unique for several reasons. The fund "offers a fund ...

Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for default super fund selections to be banned because they block consumers from developing customised retirement strategies. Speaking at the first day of public hearings in Sydney for the Parliamentary ...

CFDs close in on share trading

Contracts for difference (CFDs), a derivatives product which came out of nowhere five years ago, are now the second most popular trading instrument in the country with the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) gearing up to launch their version next year. ...

QSuper ploughs $2b into derivatives and swaps

Super fund QSuper has taken the extraordinary step of investing around $2 billion in derivative and swap contracts that mimic the performance of inflation-linked bonds as an alternative to buying the real thing. As the name suggests, inflation-linked ...

Understand the dependencies and get unit pricing right

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Limiting unit pricing errors requires companies to implement management and control systems and to fully understand the inter-dependencies involved in the process. Speaking at an Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) special unit pricing briefing ...

Private equity capital fundraising jumps 50 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
Foreign owned private equity funds doing deals in Asia are experiencing fundraising growth rates of 50 per cent. The fundraisings surge is so great, according to a joint KPMG-Reuters study Private tuition: Insights into how private equity houses nurture ...

Real estate commissions better than advisers': REIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has criticised financial advisers for charging commissions even though they implied real estate agents have very similar fee structures. In their submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure ...

Derivative Fitch rates structured products

Fitch Ratings has launched what it claims is the first ratings agency specialising in the global credit derivatives market, which is fast approaching the $44 trillion (US$33 trillion) mark thanks to the rising demand for structure products. The new ...