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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The recent uplift in consumer sentiment as measured by the Westpac survey has not been transferred into much buoyancy in retail sales, as indicated by the ABS monthly release of the data yesterday. Retail sales grew by just 0.1 per cent in seasonally ...

AFA conference raises $45,000 for MS research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The AFA partnership with Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia (MSRA) has already raised $45,000, enough to immediately launch a dedicated PhD research program. Jeremy Wright, executive director of MSRA, said, "This is a terrific outcome as the funds ...

ING OneCare minds the insurance gap

ING's life insurance range OneCare grew sales by 65 per cent since January, proof that with the right product, people will buy insurance cover. Part of OneCare's appeal is that it offers insurance for 14 medical conditions not usually covered under ...

Real estate commissions better than advisers': REIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has criticised financial advisers for charging commissions even though they implied real estate agents have very similar fee structures. In their submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The possibility of an interest rate rise at the next meeting of the RBA increased last night when the governor, Dr Glenn Stevens, mentioned that the September quarter CPI figure due on 25 October would be a linch pin in the decision. Dr Stevens said ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Financial markets across the world have held up reasonably well despite North Korea's nuclear tests that sent shockwaves across global financial markets on Monday. Most markets recovered by Tuesday and the US Dow Jones Industrial Index reached its record ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
The Reserve Bank has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 6 per cent following the Australian Bureau of Statistics announcement yesterday that in seasonally adjusted terms retail sales increased by 0.3 per cent in August after the 0.5 per cent ...

Less confusion, more clarity on managed accounts: IMAP

Competing players from Australia's fast growing managed accounts sector will join forces to present the public with a uniform set of terminologies and help clarify the confusion surrounding the different managed account products. Around 40 industry ...

IMAP ready for take-off

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
The Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) is set to hold its inaugural meeting to lay down a roadmap for the organisation going forward. Founder and director of IMAP, Tracy Byrne, said the catalyst for forming the organisation was a lack of ...

UBS builds adviser network through education

Wealth manager UBS responds to the growing need for more wealth managers and advisers in Asia by setting up a campus in Singapore that will provide financial training to existing employees and would-be advisers. The group will open the 'wealth management ...