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Howard flags infrastructure fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
The Prime Minister John Howard has announced plans to establish an infrastructure fund similar to that proposed by the Labor party, with a minimum of one per cent of budget surpluses to go into the fund. The announcement came as part of his five-year ...

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
The sub-prime mess has washed up on European shores, where losses swept through all 18 western European markets and caused a backwash that wiped out more than half of the U.S. markets' three-day recovery. France's biggest bank, BPN Paribas halted redemptions ...

The upside of carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
Is the current sub-prime calamity really another savings and loan crisis in the making, or just market noise? Consensus is that the volatility is more rollercoaster than bear-trend, and as such markets are quite capable of recovering just a quickly. ...

New reverse mortgage broker group sets sail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
New independent reverse mortgage broker network Fortus launched today, offering what it called a 'strict code of conduct' to safeguard retirees considering a reverse mortgage. Comprised of more than 40 brokers in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria ...

Members need help comparing funds: Newspoll

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Despite the plethora of super fund performance information now available, members do not know how to use it to properly to compare their funds, according to a Newspoll survey commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA). ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is set to return to positive territory today after an improvement in trading activity on Wall Street and in defiance over a fall in metals prices. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Credit Suisse pumps up roster

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
Credit Suisse has continued its hiring spree, with former Merrill Lynch executive Nicholas Kalikajaros to take over as managing director and head of private banking for Australia on top of three other new appointments. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Kalikajaros ...

Industry dealing well with underinsurance: CommInsure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
The local insurance industry is doing a 'good' or 'exceptional' job of addressing the issue of underinsurance, according to around 50 per cent of CommInsure's largest life risk insurance clients. The survey covered CommInsure's top 43 group risk clients ...

Boomers can be choosers

Investment product design expert Paul Resnik has urged financial planners to abandon traditional methods of providing financial advice if they want to establish a meaningful relationship with their clients. Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

The demand for inflation-linked bonds and their derivatives is set to rise in tandem with the growing popularity of liability driven investing (LDI) in Australia and overseas, according to experts. As the name suggests, LDI is a form of investment strategy ...