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Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... dropping by 0.5% in the previous month. Core inflation - excluding food and energy - decreased by 1.1% over the same period and, save for four months of positive price rises in the second half of 1998, had been at or below zero for more than 13 years. ...

FSU slams banking sector cost cutting plans

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... November it was cutting numbers in the IT department, outsourcing nearly 200 jobs to other parts of Australia and overseas to save money. A spokesperson for NAB said staff fluctuations were part and parcel of the workings of any major company. "In any ...

In superannuation, bigger can be better but not always

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... exploring fund mergers. "The research highlights why the purpose of fund mergers should be investment outcomes, not just to save a few dollars in administration fees, savings that often don't eventuate," he said. Merging funds will result in Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... KONG - Asian markets were mixed on Monday as optimism over last week's European plan to introduce tougher fiscal rules to save the eurozone were weighed by lingering concerns leaders may not have done enough. Tokyo rose 1.37 per cent, or 117.36 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... great," Sarkozy said in a speech in Marseille ahead of the summit. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped on fears that a summit to save the eurozone might fail to deliver a knockout blow to the region's two-year sovereign debt crisis. Tokyo shed 0.66 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to fall after German and French officials lowered expectations for a deal to save the euro at this week's European summit. At 0823 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was eight points lower at ...

Christmas deadline for FOFA clarity: ANZ

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... MySuper to be considered in conjunction with each other. ANZ's Paul Barrett also believed alignment between the two would "save a bomb" in terms of implementation costs. "If we don't get that we [would] have to open product systems twice, three times ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... euro hit a one-week US dollar low after an S&P warning of a eurozone downgrade overshadowed news of a Franco-German plan to save the single currency. The shock S&P announcement came as European Union leaders prepared for a two-day summit which is regarded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Prime Minister Mario Monti. Monti's cabinet gave its go-ahead to the crisis-busting plan on Sunday, estimating that it would save 20 billion euros ($A26.29 billion) but warning that it would not prevent the economy from slipping back into recession next ...

Ventura reduces wholesale funds cost

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... well placed to deal with FOFA reforms. "The inherent efficiencies of a multi-manager fund are ideal for FOFA, as they help save advisers' time and assist in compliance management," said Mulligan. "For example, auto-rebalancing between asset classes for ...