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Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... following the release of the report the major talking point was not the report itself but the old chestnut that housing interest rates for first home buyers should be tax deductible. Housing minister Tanya Plibersek sought to quickly hose down the issue ...

BT raises savings for term deposits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... the benefits of superannuation and banking together so investors can easily manage and control their savings in a high interest, online effective tax environment.

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
A comprehensive two-year study of retail and institutional investors in the US has found there is still a great divide between how mums-and-dads invest as opposed to their insto counterparts. The findings were from a University of Queensland Business ...

JPMorgan launches IQ Instalment Warrants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... margin loan rates provided by other lenders, JPMorgan said in a statement. "We expect this series to be of particular interest to high income, low asset investors and those wishing to make controlled steps into geared investing," said Mark Flynn, JPMorgan ...

Economy slowing down and speeding up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... agreed that it was important for the slowing trend to continue." This slowing is good news for borrowers awaiting the next interest rates fall. But the key question is whether it's enough to pull us back from the brink of excessively high inflation. ...

Perennial boosts insto sales

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... behalf of institutional and retail clients and operates as a group of investment boutiques specialising in shares, fixed interest and property investments.

Asset signs on IFFP

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... acknowledgedthere was an increasing number of members who were approaching retirement age, and have indicated a surge of interest in financial planning. "Under this model, Asset can actively manage advice and service levels against member demand," said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... showed underlying price pressures rose moderately in May, easing fears that inflation would force a near-term rise in interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 165.77 points, or 1.37 per cent, at 12,307.35. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Austock launches planning arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... insurance bond tax structure. In April, the group created the Treasury Risk Advisory team to help clients manage their interest rate, currency and commodity investments. Established in 1991, Austock Group comprises of a securities and investment management ...

Asia will weather global slowdown: EFIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... hoping the food and fuel price increases would be one-off jumps, rather than escalating trends that would require official interest rate increases," he said. "But in the past few weeks, the Indonesian, Philippine and Vietnamese central banks have raised ...