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MFS breaches $184m loan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... December 2007. The report also said there was mounting uncertainty surrounding MFS Investment Management Limited's (MFSIM) parent company, MFS Limited, and its related entities which has "impacted the recoverability of certain assets of the fund". "The ...

Coordinated policy will boost population and capacity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Boosting economic capacity means we need people and need people to have babies, but government policy to encourage this requires better integration. The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) just released a major review titled Fertility and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... investors bought Chinese shares dented by a two-day sell-off, and aluminium producer Chalco surged in late trade after its parent firm said it bought a stake in miner Rio Tinto. The Hang Seng Index closed up 2.8 per cent, or 667.84 points, to end at ...

Saving for the kids' textbooks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
Investment bonds are making a comeback as the vehicle of choice to boost children's school savings. According to statistics from research house Plan for Life, the investment bond market segment is continuing to grow with more than $8 billion in funds ...

Vietnamese fund draws global attention

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... telecommunications cable manufacturing sphere, made its debut in the local stock exchange yesterday. VHC traces its roots to parent company Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings Limited, a Vietnamese investment fund which listed on the London Stock Exchange ...

Water fund washes onto BT wraps

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... already begun, and said "the inclusion on the BT wrap is a very important part of our entry [to Australia]". Liontamer's parent company KBC, who manages the Global Water Fund, is a new entrant to the Australian market. Belgian-based KBC is the tenth ...

Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawals

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008

Women in Finance supports PIFA

Women in Finance (NSW) rounds up the year with a special event dedicated to the Parent and Infant Foundation of Australia. More than 100 women attended the end-of-year drinks organised by WIF (NSW), a non-profit organisation that aims to provide a supportive ...

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... launch a financial planning service and will sidestep the planner shortage in Australia by scoping the talent pool of its UK parent HBOS. BankWest aims to have a financial adviser in all its branches with a target of recruiting 100 planners in three ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... death, it is frightening to realise that almost 2.5 million families are open to the risk of financial hardship if either parent died," Barnes said. "In terms of complexity and time, a woman can gain coverage with Allianz over the phone, or online in ...