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Reverse mortgages, three years on

... but more than half aren't aware of the full cost of borrowing against their property, according to a new survey. The research was conducted by the Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC) as part of its ongoing monitoring of the sector. Since ...

ASX companies lag on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... were the material and financial sectors while the utility and energy sectors fared the worst. Hugh Grossman, head of research at Reputex, said while many Australian companies acknowledged climate change, most did not completely understand the financial ...

SSgA restructures global asset team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... Boston. He was elevated to this new role after working on fixed income trading strategies at State Street's investment research and trading arm. Focusing on developing SSgA's place in liability driven investments (LDI), Marinella will attempt to improve ...

India calls for better financial services

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... here. Over the last eight years it's grown 28 per cent annually," said Aditya Agarwal, joint managing director of the research group ICRA Online. "We have 32 mutual fund players already and 20 of these are foreign." Indians transforming the way they ...

Alt assets boom in uncertain times

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... times, has pushed them to higher levels of popularity with institutional and high net worth investors, according to new research from Deutsche Bank alternatives arm RREEF. Report author and chief economist and strategist for RREEF, Asieh Mansour, said ...

QIC awards $80m long/short mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... Queensland-based investment group QIC has granted an $80 million US equity long/short mandate to Californian based, Aletheia Research and Management (Aletheia), following the termination of its contract with Legg Mason. Greg Clarke, senior portfolio ...

Macq targets Asian real estate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... the back of sustained economic growth throughout the region, according to Rod Cornish, head of Macquarie real estate research. Cornish said Asian financial markets, buoyed by the burgeoning Chinese economy, remained strong despite the US economic slowdown. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... swift upturn in the last half hour of trade as investors bid up shares of technology companies such as BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd and computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. Plans for an additional $US10 billion ($A11.31 billion) ...

GESB revamps website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... good news for our members, and we are confident they will benefit from the upgrade and enhancements," she said. "Member research also informed the design of the home page that features a personalised message, answers to the top five frequently asked ...

What members want

A Telstra Super research study on what its members want has revealed some surprising results, including how much people are willing to pay and for what services. Speaking at the ASFA conference yesterday, Telstra Super's general manager in marketing ...