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Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... number of quarters that the region has been shrinking. And oh, the unemployment rate was clocked at a record high of 12.1% in March. It could be due to the European Central Bank's (ECB) 25 basis point interest rate reduction last month that took interest ...

MoneySmart list of unlicensed companies approaches 700

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... with whom Australians should avoid dealing." The list on the MoneySmart website, which celebrated its second birthday in March, reveals a significant number of companies trading under familiar sounding names. Some examples from the list include First ...

FPSA makes senior appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... netwealth has appointed of Lisa Faferko as Financial Planning Services Australia (FPSA) head of licensee operations. In March this year FPSA came under the umbrella of netwealth Advice Group, alongside Pathway Licensee Services and Bridgeport Financial ...

MySuper a challenge to fund differentiation: AusSuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... there will be a fight on fees," Carter said. AustralianSuper has positioned itself ahead of MySuper starting date and in March 2013 was already managing in-house 2.3% of its investments. "We in-sourced because that was money we wanted to give back to ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... inflation eased to 1.1% in the year to April from 1.5% the month before. Core inflation slowed to 1.7% last month from 1.9% in March. As to worries about future inflation, I've been proved wrong worrying about it since the Fed's first foray into QE that ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten released legislation for enshrinement in November 2012 and in March this year, government introduced legislation for "financial planner / adviser". Under the Corporations Act 2001, there ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... government said China's consumer price index rose 2.4 per cent year-on-year last month, compared with a 2.1 per cent rise in March and a forecast for April of 2.2 per cent according to economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 ...

Apostle Dundas Global Equity wins van Eyk mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... Equity fund to $140 million. According to the most recent fact sheet on Apostle's website, the fund stood at $133 million in March. "We are delighted that van Eyk have entrusted us to manage a portion of their assets. DGI shall endeavour to provide strong ...

Super fund returns fall to 10.8%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
The recovery in super fund returns had a slight hiccup in March 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index fell slightly to 10.8%. Super fund returns are still, however, the 2nd highest they've been in 3 years. Explaining ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... heartened by a robust rise in the Conference Baord's consumer confidence index in April, to 68.1 points from a revised 61.9 in March. LONDON - European stock markets closed with mixed results as investors balanced mostly gloomy eurozone economic data ...