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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
The latest Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey reveals a continuing level of pessimism among business executives with more than a third anticipating a fall in profits for the coming March quarter compared to that of a year earlier. Fuelling ...

Awards to recognise the best in life insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life have launched the Life Insurance Company of the Year Product and Service Quality Awards 2006. The awards will be held annually and will recognise the top pranked life insurance companies ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower following a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0736 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down ten points at 5,444. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

NSW Bookmakers and Perpetual top super tables

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
The latest Rainmaker/SelectingSuper Performance Tables have revealed continuing strong returns for default and Australian shares options for super funds, with NSW Bookmakers topping the default options scorecard and Perpetual leading the pack in Australian ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
The Australian share market was slightly weaker at noon, as a negative resources sector cancelled out a strong morning session for the major banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down seven points to 5459.7, while the all ordinaries ...

Planner PI insurance reforms unclear: AFA

Government proposals requiring financial services licensees, such as planning groups, to take out professional indemnity (PI) insurance to cover potential compensation claims about the quality of their advice have met mixed reactions from industry experts. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
The release of the latest national accounts data shows that the seasonally adjusted final consumption expenditure measure of GDP grew by only 0.3 per cent over the last quarter to take the annual tally to 2.2 per cent. Positive or negative contributions ...

Patersons' poor compliance under review

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on specialist stockbroker Patersons Securities to review its monitoring and supervision of staff after it found that two Patersons employees may have risked client funds through ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower following a negative lead from Wall Street and falls in commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0756 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down five points at 5,450. Today ...

Manage risks not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
Investment managers will guarantee their long-term survival if they focus first on managing risks rather than returns, as good returns will almost always follow sound risk management practices. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association ...