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Mid-sized licensees to disappear: CoreData

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
Mid-sized financial planning firms will be "swallowed up" by opportunistic licensees as the rate of acquisition will rise while new forms of advice will reign, according to a research paper from CoreData. In its "Licensee of the Future" white paper ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
No, no, no not again! Why can't stock markets move only in the up direction? You guessed it, 'twas another down day on Wall Street and in Europe. And yes, you're right it's because of European jitters because Italy's cost of funding remains on the up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Australian stocks gained as changes of leadership in Italy and Greece stoked optimism that Europe's debt crisis would be addressed. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 4,326.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
The demise of Europe, the rapid incline of Chinese growth and where Australia stands in all of this, were key topics of discussion for economists at the ASFA conference. According to Mark Thirlwell, director of international economy program, Lowy Institute ...

Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
We've had the "risk on risk off" trade, we've had the "hope" trade and now we have the "headline" trade. And this you and I can plainly see on the intra-day ticks of last night's trading activity. Major equity markets in Asia and most of Europe -- Italy ...

ANZ profit climbs 19% to $5.36 billion

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
ANZ has recorded positive growth of 19% putting its full year statutory profit at $5.36 billion, with the bank's strategic focus on its Asian and institutional divisions. ANZ's underlying profit was up 12% to $5.65 billion for the financial year ending ...

AMP planning associations adopt insight products

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
AMP Financial Planners Association, Hillross Advisers Association and General Insurance Advisors Association have adopted a new business insight product to provide strategic guidance during regulatory change. In response to predicted increases in operations ...

Go figure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
A brand new month, a brand new scare. Yes folks, just when we thought that it's gonna be a bright (bright) sun-shiny day, along comes the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) bearing bad tidings. And if you hadn't had your fill ...

Outsourcing FM admin doesn't reduce staff

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... report noted that investment managers are expecting to experience a change in service from their outsource providers. "We predict there will be a need for investment operations providers to leverage off global systems, resulting in market change," said ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Europe update: They're still having a go at it. And financial markets are bobbing up and down with every fresh update. Most European stock markets closed weaker because "Hopes fade for quick summit fix for Europe woes," says theage.com.au's headline ...