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Magellan next gen boutique

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
The launch of Magellan Financial Group (MFG) signals the dawn of the next generation of boutique financial services companies that are not just specialist manufacturers but integrated and sustainable businesses. MGF evolved in 2006 from the recapitalised ...

AMP Capital goes for retail sustainability

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
AMP Capital has launched its first retail sustainable share fund, giving retail clients access to their long-running Capital Investors' sustainable funds for the first time. Offered through AMP Capital Private Clients, the fund follows from over five ...

Rate rise spectre saps consumer confidence

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
Flying in the face of a 4.5 per cent jobless rate, strong currency and figures showing 5.5 per cent of household finances have improved in the last month, interest rate uncertainty may account for the latest figures in consumer confidence dipping to ...

Surging dollar prompts mixed views on fall-out

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
Nipping at the heels of its 1990 high against the US dollar, the Australian dollar, climbing steadily since early March, has reached a 17-year peak overnight on Tuesday of $0.8365. Although cyclicals such as resources, materials and energy come out ...

Simpler super needs complex planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
Planners looking to help their clients make the most out of the Simpler Super reforms flowing from last year's Federal Budget had better get busy or they might miss the opportunities. Kate Anderson, head of technical services at Mariner Financial services ...

Market Wrap - morning

In Sydney, the Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower followed by a record close on Wall Street and a fall in base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0806 AEST, the June share price index contract was trading down one ...

PE boom poses risks: IMF

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
Growth in private equity and leveraged buyouts (LBOs) pose risks to an otherwise positive global economic outlook, according to the International Monetary Fund's half-yearly Global Financial Stability Report. According to the IMF, strong corporate performance ...

Web videocalls invigorate rural banking and remote advice

One of the country's largest credit unions, New England Credit Union (NECU), is making headway in regional banking and remotely offering financial advice through web-based videoconferencing. NECU's theme song could well go, "I've been to Armidale, Barraba ...

Navigator broadens its horizons

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Navigator has announced its largest ever fund list increase, with 26 new funds available across the Navigator Personal Retirement Plan and the Personal Investment Plan. Responding to interest in more conservative, less accumulation-focused funds, Navigator ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has raised the issue of the tax treatment of Private Equity firms operating in Australia noting a concern that the increasing level of corporate activity in the private equity space could mean the associated higher levels ...