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Perpetual sells $250m infra funds to Palisade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Infrastructure may be all the rage but Perpetual has opted to hand in the reins to its infrastructure funds to Palisade Investment Partners, part of Pinnacle Investment Management. As part of the deal, infrastructure specialist Palisade will own the ...

Franchise banking attract planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
The franchising industry may seem worlds apart from financial planning but Commonwealth Bank has found a way to tap into the franchising model to better serve the banking needs of dealer groups. Last October, Commonwealth Bank launched a specialist ...

ASX listing breaches hit 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Nearly 13 per cent of 4,137 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Directors' Interest Notices breached listing rules in the first quarter of this year - prompting warnings that those who violated the law could face ASIC investigation. According to the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after Wall Street fell on concerns that record oil prices and the seemingly endless credit crisis will further damage the economy. Resource stocks may gain after commodities including oil, gold ...

SMSFs take up instalment warrants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Instalment warrants will become more widely used by self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees as they become familiar with the strategy and banks start providing more products that enable them to do so, according to SuperConcepts. Graeme Colley, ING Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open significantly lower after US and European stocks slumped overnight on concerns that company profits will be hurt. Resource stocks may gain after commodities including oil, gold and industrial metals advanced. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
The Australian share market continued to perform well at noon following a strong lead from the financial sector and the US Federal Reserve's decision to leave left interest rates unchanged. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 78.3 ...

New multi-managers challenge incumbents: S&P

The latest S&P review of multi-managers in alternative strategies shows that a new batch of fund managers are coming to the fore as investors change the rulebook on what fund products are great and what aren't. The report found there are more overseas ...

REST targets member TFNs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
REST Super, the $14 billion super fund for the retail industry, helped at least 200,000 of its members avoid paying undue tax under the 'No TFN Tax' ruling, and hopes to help 60,000 more through an internal TFN reporting drive. Under the 'No TFN Tax' ...

Oil prices force end to corporate profit boom

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
While wealth managers know all about what's driving energy prices and the science behind climate change, the missing question is what does it all mean for investors? Matthew Sherwood, senior manager for investment markets research at Perpetual, has ...