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K2 targets retail investors

Absolute Return specialist K2 Asset Management will lower its minimum investment from $50,000 to $20,000 as part of its strategy to increase its retail investor base. K2 has also assumed the role of responsible entity for its funds and has taken over ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
Following the upheaval caused by the Shanghai stockmarket last week the Chinese government has downgraded its forecast growth for the coming year from 10.75 per cent to 8 per cent. For the last year the government has been cognisant of the need to ensure ...

Budget super changes not for low budgets

Anne-Marie Corboy, the chief executive of award-winning super fund HESTA, has urged the government to abolish the contributions tax and get rid of the $450 income per month threshold, arguing that the recent Budget changes are for the rich and have ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
The most recent monthly retail trade data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that in seasonally adjusted terms the turnover for the retail and hospitality services sector increased by 0.9 per cent in January after rises of 0.2 per cent in ...

Govt slams Labor on ASIC budget cuts

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
The Federal Government has slammed the Opposition's proposal to cut funding for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), saying reduced resources and capabilities would be welcome news for criminals. Responding to the Federal Opposition's ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... negative territory yesterday after initially making some headway. Falls on Asian markets again dragged the bourse into the red but not to the same extent as Wednesday's severe sell-off. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index shed 22.3 points to 5810.2 while ...

BT head of alternatives departs, new role created

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
BT's head of alternative investment solutions has resigned and will be replaced by a new head of multi strategies. BT has promoted Al Clark to the newly redesigned position of head of multi strategies to replace the outgoing head of alternatives, Richard ...

Singapore CPF contribs now 34.5 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Singapore Government has raised the contribution rates for the Singapore Central Provident Fund (CPF) by 1.5 per cent to near its maximum limit of 36 per cent of total wages. A statement released by the CPF said, "With the economy doing well, it ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The impact of the drought on the Australian economy is set to worsen and the government has just revised up its forecasts noting that the summer crop is likely to be the worst in more than two decades with a reduction of the order of about 60 per cent. ...

BT partners to cut platform costs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
BT has launched BT Wrap Advantage, a new initiative which will deliver improved services and efficiencies to advisers and participating fund managers and lowers platform costs for the 75,000 users of the $31 billion platform. BT has worked with 15 participating ...