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No meat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... financing to toxic debts. The Fed could start lending against AA commercial and private label mortgage backed securities. The plan will require FSP participating institutions to provide significantly greater transparency over their loan books and dodgy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... open lower as Wall Street and European markets took sharp falls in response to details of a US Treasury bank stabilisation plan. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 80 points lower at 3,353. In economic news on ...

New home for $58 billion

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
A new breed of capital protected products could be the next home for the estimated $58 billion of funds under advice (FUA) built up when advisers rushed to cash products last year. New research released today titled Macquarie/Investment Trends Alternative ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... cent and Military Super - Growth option which lost 6.7 per cent during 2008. In contrast, the BT Lifetime Super Employer Plan - Multi Manager Balanced and AMP SignatureSuper - Future Directions Balanced were among the bottom performers, losing almost ...

Women take control of finances

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Women are more likely to use a financial planner, own investment property and trust the past performance of investment strategies than men, new RaboPlus research found. The study, undertaken by Rabobank's online banking division, found women are 20 ...

Storm takes fight online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Storm Financial founders Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis have opened a new website to fight and defend against various claims regarding their now-collapsed business. The website, www.cassimatis.com.au, features a quote; "My crusade is to find justice ...

RG146 unveils planning stars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Justin Pratt of Mercer has won the paraplanner of the year award by financial planning education house RG146 Training Australia. Pratt, an assistant financial adviser at Mercer Wealth Solutions in Sydney, took out the '2008 Paraplanner of the Year' ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... 31 per cent for the Republicans. Here, The Australian's Newspoll done after the announcement of the A$42 billion spending plan and the Opposition's opposition to it showed that 57 per cent of respondents though that the package would be good for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... prices are slightly lower on Wall Street as investors await details of how the government will reshape a US$700 billion rescue plan for the financial industry. In mid-afternoon trade the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 55.52 points, or 0.67 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... Olivier job index is weaker as well," Mr Sebastian said. "Most US investors are pinning hopes on President Obama's stimulus plan and factoring out the employment numbers, and we're doing the same here." Mr Sebastian said the resources sector was buoying ...