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The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... what? We're spooked off our pants that we've taken the Dow up 102.8% from the bottom of that sinkhole it's fallen in back in March 2009, the S&P 500 up 109.6% and the Nasdaq up 142.5%... even as the gloom and doomers never gave up prophesising well ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... leave sleeping dogs lie, I went to investigate. Bill was right! The index dropped from 102.69 in February 2001 to 89.09 in March and stayed below 100 the following two months. But what did Australian consumers do? The annual growth in retail spending ...

CFS names new executive manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... new role, Elkins was general manager of marketing and distribution at Colonial First State (CFS). Before joining CFS in March 2010, she held a number of senior roles in the superannuation industry including managing director of Superannuation at Russell ...

Aust Ethical partners with Russell

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... business model is attracting funds of all sizes and our business continues to grow," he added. The partnership will commence in March 2013 and will increase Russell's members under administration to 355,000.

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... briefing at the FSC conference this morning. "This framework has changed substantially from the original proposal released in March following four months of consultation with our life insurance and financial advice network members." Despite the consultation ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... 1, 3, 5 and 10 years -- fell. The sensitivity in returns is shown by how three year returns have fallen from near 9% in March to 6.4% in May. Not-for-profit funds achieved median 12 month returns of nil and corporate master trusts -1.7%, resulting in ...

NSW govt run annuity targets platforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... investors in Australia the opportunity to buy an annuity style inflation protected debt instrument. The product was launched in March, however, NSW Treasury Corporation spokesperson Tim Hext said raising awareness of the product was "to be honest, going ...

Mariner launches Austock takeover bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... now that the broking business has been sold." Austock sold its struggling securities business to Intersuisse Holdings in March this year, which then rebadged the company as Octa Philip. Austock's business units now include Austock Services, Austock Property ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... of private philanthropy is topical, with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne using his budget speech in March to argue tax breaks to wealthy donors were overly generous and unfair. Osborne's argument is the cost of the exemption is borne ...

Provident Capital reaffirms solvency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... monthly income fund." The withdrawal followed a downgrade of the fund in April after the half-yearly report released in March showed the Company recorded a loss of $9.1 million for the first six months to December 2011, driven by impairment expenses ...