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Macquarie launches lending website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
Macquarie Investment Lending has developed a new website for advisers and retail investors which provides access to information products, current interest rate prices and personal portfolio positions in just a few mouse clicks. The website is linked ...

IC proves value in downturn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
Implemented consultants show their value when market conditions turn down, according to the latest survey from the Counterpoint Group. "During the very strong Australian share markets over recent years, the implemented consultants as a class had tended ...

QIC adds two to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
QIC has appointed management consultant Bradley Bowton and former State Super chief executive, Lyn Gearing, to its board. Bowton is one of the founding directors of management consultancy CACE Partners. Prior to establishing CACE Partners, Bowton worked ...

Free cash flow paves road to returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
Grant Samuel Funds Management has launched a new global equity fund that sidesteps the popular P/E ratio yardstick in favour of 'free cash flow' analysis, which the company believes is the best metric to achieve higher risk-adjusted return. "There was ...

NAB and MLC make headway post sub-prime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
National Australia Bank and its investment arm MLC managed to wade through the sub-prime carnage to post positive gains in the six months to March. NAB boosted its net profit by 25.8 per cent to $2.7 billion for the first half year and its cash earnings ...

Canadian RMBS not the answer: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Australia's residential-backed mortgage securities (RMBS) market should be allowed to recover without the intervention of a government-backed agency, argues Standard & Poor's (S&P). Neither a nationalisation of Australia's market nor an adoption of ...

Industry responds to APRA report

APRA's latest research on the governing practices of super funds revealed key differences between how retail fund trustees and industry fund trustees operate, but players from both sides of the fence argue their case. APRA's comprehensive report found ...

Strong lineup in listed infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Standard & Poor's has given the international listed infrastructure sector the thumbs up but said the sector's fund managers warned of a possible decline in performance in the asset class. The report found listed infrastructure fund managers were pessimistic ...

Aberdeen climbs ranks after Goodman buy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Aberdeen Asset Management became one of the world's largest property fund managers after it purchased Goodman Property Investors for $187 million. Goodman Property Investors has more than $14 billion in assets under management and provides direct and ...

ASIC divides to conquer

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will split its single enforcement directorate division into six and four of its 'silo' directorates into 17 stakeholder teams, in a bid to stay relevant with the fast evolving financial markets. ...