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Make up of advisory groups announced, MFS Dual Currency popular, Liontamer extends fund, Thoughts on adviser association get-togethers, New share scam. Your invitation Sign up to mortgage rate and deposit rate newsletters.

See the results of the investment survey prepared by Melville Jessup Weaver for September 2005. The objectives of the survey are to provide a review of each manager’s performance and details of the value added by each manager, both overall and within asset classes.

MFS says its dual currency offer is proving attractive to investors, just as a competitor is about to enter the market.

History suggests the latest increase in the Official Cash Rate by the Reserve Bank is unlikely to significantly affect rising house prices, according to the National Vice President of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (Inc), Mr Murray Cleland.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has invested in a diversified mix of commodity futures.

Volatile inflation is returning New Zealand to a period of heightened uncertainty with a consequential impact on economic growth and incomes.

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Tower is warning investors about the risks associated with CDO-backed fixed interest investments following the Delphi bankruptcy and Refco fraud allegations.

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