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Friday the 13th spook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013

Insurance becomes concentrated, advisers reduce relationships

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Insurer relations with advisers are changing rapidly, with financial planners reducing the number of insurance providers and focusing on their most-used insurer for the premiums they write. A total of 56% of advisers have either stopped or reduced the ...

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
It's all about China.A It's not landing hard.A It's stabilising. That's what you'll read in most finance headlines this morning Virginia as the main pusher of positive sentiment in Asian equity markets yesterday and Wall Street overnight. Europe closed ...

Macquarie loses court battle with ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
Macquarie Group has lost its Federal Court battle with the Australian Tax Office (ATO) over a tax dispute relating to Macquarie's offshore banking unit (OBU) income allocation. Macquarie had been seeking to prevent the ATO from conducting a retrospective ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
"Dad, can you help me buy my own property?A I'm sick of paying ever-rising rent." My dear daughter asked me this during two Sunday dinners ago.A My first instinct was to say "of course" to my only girl among four children (yes four) - now you gentle ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Over and over.A Each time the words China and hard landing hit the headlines.A "What Li likes Li gets" (this used to be "what Wen wants...", but I have to adapt to the new Prime Minister). This is because unlike western democracies, China is centrally-planned.A ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
"So, are you going to tighten by Labor Day?" Tonight we're going back to the future.A Going back to that fateful day on the 22nd of May -- when Texas Republican and head of the Joint Economics Committee Kevin Brady posed this question upon US Federal ...

YBR posts loss but boost in wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has reported a $6.6 million loss of profit for financial year 2013, but its wealth management revenue was up 217%. YBR chief executive Matt Lawler said that the loss of profit is "in line with expectations" due to the firm's ...

Whiteley and Brogden join forces to condemn CPA report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The "accord" between the Industry Super Network (ISN) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) has seen its first practical manifestation in a joint response to CPA Australia's report into the superannuation system. The strongly-worded response, penned ...

Suncorp Life set for overhaul after 76% profit plunge

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Suncorp will overhaul its life risk business after net profit after tax dropped 76% in the past year and accounts now for less than 10% of Suncorp Group. Suncorp Life net profit after tax was $60 million, while its underlying profit was $120 million ...