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KPMG State of Investment Management Industry

KPMG has released its annual Investment Management Industry report, highlighting the Super Choice changes to the superannuation and managed funds market. The report focuses on the swathe of new Government regulations, including public education programs ...

Economic slow down on the agenda: Access Economics

Economic forecaster Access Economics expects a slow down of the economy into 2006 and 2007, in spite of Australia's current minerals boom. Speaking at the AXA Style Summit in Sydney, Access economics director Chris Richardson highlighted a range of ...

Vanguard warns investors to consider tax and fees on investments

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2005
The global chairman of index fund manager Vanguard Group has warned retail investors to consider investments after tax and fees, saying some absolute return products are inappropriate for retail investors. Vanguard chairman and chief executive officer ...

ASIC moves against unlicensed business

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has begun proceedings in the Federal Court in Perth against David Alan Zohar and Swancove Enterprises Pty Ltd (Swancove) following an investigation into written advertisements and the operation ...

ABN Amro launches ethical approach to CDOs

ABN Amro has launched a socially responsible collateralised debt obligation (CDO) to meet the ethical investment mandates of institutional investors. Responsibility, Ethics, Environment, First (REEF) includes a corporate social responsibility (CSR) ...

Macquarie makes it easy to invest in agriculture

Macquarie will streamline the investment process in agricultural projects through its new Agri-Investment facility. Macquarie division director Craig Swanger says the facility was developed in response to adviser demand for a more efficient approach ...

$1.1 billion MBS issue by Members Equity Bank

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2005
A $1.1 billion securitisation for Members Equity Bank was priced on 15 April 2005, with demand causing a sharp uplift in the amount on issue. The Mortgage Backed Securitisations (MBS) issue was the second for Members Equity Bank's Superannuation Home ...

RBA keeps hand off rates

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2005
Against most expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided not to raise interest rates at its regular monthly meeting yesterday and will leave the cash rate at 5.5 per cent. The decision followed much commentary from the Federal government ...

Macquarie Fortress Notes gets Zenith 'recommended' rating

Zenith Investment Partners has awarded Macquarie Fortress Notes a 'recommended' rating believing the product offers investors an opportunity to receive a consistent return above cash while preserving their capital. The notes use local client's funds ...

HFA Octane Series 2 rated 'investment grade'

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has given the newly launched HFA Octane Series 2 fund an Assirt 'investment grade' rating. The fund of hedge funds was rated using S&P's classification system where returns and relative risk are compared against a traditional ...