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RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Bad now, better later. Domestic growth will take a hit short-term but " there will be a mild boost to demand from the rebuilding efforts as they get under way." Inflation will spike in the March quarter because "Production losses due to weather are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The Australian share market was higher at noon on Tuesday as traders showed confidence in equities following news that the US was unlikely to raise interest rates soon. At 1220 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11 points, or 0.23 per cent ...

FirstChoice launches nine new options

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Colonial First State has added nine new options to its FirstChoice platform giving clients access to emerging markets and global agriculture, property and shares. Alan Kenny, general manager product and investment services for Colonial First State said ...

Accounting group hires 'transformer'

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Accounting firm WHK Group has hired a senior vice president from global software firm SAP to take over from managing director Kevin White who will leave at the end of June. John Lombard will start work with Australasia's fifth largest accounting firm ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The wealth management industry should look at sovereign wealth clients as a potential frozen asset risk, an analyst from Colonial First State told Financial Standard yesterday. With civil war raging in Libya and tensions continuing to erupt across the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street ending flat, and Europe and Asian markets closed mixed, as were key commodities. At 0733 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

The other emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The rise and rise of emerging markets continue to grab investors' attention - and their money - particularly when set against the backdrop of what is, at best, slow growing developed economies. Yes Virginia, bring up the subject of emerging markets ...

Mental health an insurance issue

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Less than half of financial planners polled in a recent survey saw clients with a history of mental illness gain access to income protection insurance, AMP said today. Of the 189 financial planners who responded to the AMP Planner Protection Poll, just ...

Investors gearing up again

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Financial advisers are increasingly on the lookout for new "stress-free" ways to introduce gearing to investor portfolios, according to Westpac Institutional Bank. The bank is developing a number of new investment strategies to suit the needs of self ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Top returns in infrastructure debt are driving superannuation growth opportunities as banks withdraw funding to the sector, an industry leader has said. Brett Himbury, chief executive of Industry Fund Management (IFM), said superannuation funds were ...