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Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian economy grew by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter - the slowest since December 2000. Is the glass half-full? Or is it half-empty? Gauging from the headlines that followed the release of the Australian National Accounts, the domestic economy's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks rebounded overnight. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 28 points at 3,600. In economic news, the Australian Industry ...

Westpac names merger team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
Westpac has named its top executives following the merger, with Rob Coombe appointed as the chief executive of the enlarged wealth management business, BT Financial Group. Geoff Lloyd, St. George Wealth group executive and head of Asgard Wealth Solutions ...

CFS, ING and APN freeze access to $6bn in capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Colonial First State, ING and APN Funds Management have joined the ranks of the country's leading mortgage funds that have suspended redemptions in the wake of the Government's guarantee on banking deposits, locking up more than $6 billion of investor ...

PRI toolkit hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
EIRIS and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are launching a toolkit to help signatories implement the first three principles around integration, engagement and disclosure. The EIRIS PRI Toolkit includes three tools named EIRisk, Global ...

MLC FUM falls, profits flat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
NAB's wealth management arm MLC saw funds under management fall 14.1 per cent to $94.6 billion at the end of September but pre-tax profits were up three per cent at $576 million. The firm's cash earnings before investment on retained earnings (IoRE) ...

Fees cause underperformance, not asset allocation: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
The latest research paper from APRA confirms that fees are the major difference in net returns between retail and not-for-profit super funds, not asset allocation or differences in account balances. The paper, Investment Performance, Asset Allocation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were higher at noon after all major US indices surged more than eleven per cent overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 219 points, or 5.24 per cent, at 4399.7, while the broader All Ordinaries had gained 227.6 points ...

More ins than outs at VTCU

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Victoria Teachers Credit Union is relatively immune to the credit crisis, in the enviable position of holding a deposit book a fifth bigger than its lending book. Net profit increased 26 per cent from $7.9 million to $9.9 million during financial year ...

CBA in talks to buy BankWest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
The Commonwealth Bank is negotiating with HBOS plc to purchase BankWest. In a statement from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Commonwealth Bank said both parties are yet to reach an agreement. This news follows UK bank, Lloyds TSB, buying HBOS ...