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Agriculture high on industry fund agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... recommendations, the lobby group suggests establishing a regional development bank that would provide advisory services to rural producers and arrange long-term finance with an aim to efficiently intensify operations. It would like to see domestic operators ...

CBA backs financial counselling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... knowledge. This funding means we can provide practical, face-to-face training to financial counsellors in cities, and in rural and remote areas," Guthrie said. Guthrie added that the cost of studying is often a barrier to those considering a career in ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... plainly off the mark - such as: "Growth is expected to be driven by surging resources sector investment and growth in non-rural commodity exports" and "there is expected to be little contribution from...dwelling investment". And here we are in the year ...

Future of ANZ Wealth uncertain amid profit slide

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... wealth businesses across five Asian countries to DBS Bank; January saw it sell off UDC Finance and a 20% stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank; March saw it decommission its broking business, ANZ Share Investing; and in April, ANZ sold its Vietnamese ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... the 1.0% growth in February exports is weaker than December's 5.0 surge and growth in some of its major components - non-rural goods (up 1%); services (up 1%); net exports under mercantiling (0%) - not that spectacular. Rural goods exports dropped by ...

ASIC cancels suspended AFSL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Parramatta-based company Rural & General Insurance Broking for failing to comply with legal obligations and licence conditions. The regulator found the company failed to lodge annual financial ...

DomaCom signs global agriculture crowdfunding deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... key to the transaction. We are striving to deliver a packaged opportunity to investors to enable them to invest into the rural sector through our platform." It is expected that investors, predominantly SMSFs, will receive an estimated combined income ...

SMSFs benefit from DomaCom deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... a similar number who have DomaCom on their radar to use. Nowhere else can financial advisers access bits of residential, rural or commercial property of their choice either in a managed account or on a traditional platform," Naoumidis said. Chief executive ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... The ABS broke down the decline in "goods and services credits' (exports) to: "Non-monetary gold fell $671m (39%) and non-rural goods fell $403m (2%). Rural goods rose $57m (1%) and net exports of goods under merchanting rose $1m (17%). Services credits ...

ANZ unloads UDC Finance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... the secured investment program. The announcement follows news last week that ANZ has also sold its 20% share in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank to China COSCO Shipping Corporation and Shanghai Sino-Poland Enterprise Management Development Corporation. ...