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No housing bubble: Fidelity

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
Fidelity banks and property analyst Anita Costa told advisers in Sydney yesterday that while she is concerned over housing affordability levels in Australia, there is no property market bubble. Speaking at the 2010 Fidelity Investment Forum, Costa argued ...

ACCC responds to NAB/AXA deal criticism

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... at criticisms of its "lack of timeliness" in making decisions about NAB's merger with AXA. In a speech made in Sydney yesterday, Graeme Samuel, chairman of the ACCC, called the timeliness for merger reviews "best practice". "[They] are considerably shorter ...

IFSA members approve name change, new focus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... Investment & Financial Service Association's new strategy. IFSA members held an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney yesterday to change the association's name to the Financial Services Council and expand its mandate to more actively engage in economic ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... at exploiting credit opportunities amid volatile markets. Speaking at the Legg Mason Investment Symposium in Sydney yesterday, Anthony Kirkham, Melbourne-based head of Australian fixed income at Western Asset Management, said traditional methods of managing ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

... professionals at a breakfast event hosted by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and AMP in Sydney yesterday.

I feel your pain, literally

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... emotional wealth as well." Ashe was the guest presenter at an adviser briefing hosted by Advance Asset Management in Sydney yesterday.

Joint Committee has consumer loans in its sights

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... the role played by marketing and advertising campaigns. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries conference in Sydney yesterday, Ripoll said the area of marketing and advertising was one that "niggled" him. "We will look at whether marketing is targeting ...

Tech will bond insurers and planners: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... adviser of the year, Phil Young. Speaking at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers national forum in Sydney yesterday, Young, from Zurich Financial Services Australia predicts that a cross-industry online electronic filing system will be the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... been in the financial sector," he said. "Commonwealth Bank gave a presentation to the Macquarie conference in Sydney yesterday and outlined there that they saw no need for capital raisings. "That's really given their shares a good boost and most of the ...

Getting ethics back on track

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... often overlooked plank of a successful business. Speaking at the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) conference in Sydney yesterday, MDRT first vice president Walton Rogers hammered home the importance of establishing a core set of ethics when executing ...