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FSC joins calls for tax deductible advice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... The FSC used its pre-Budget submission to join organisations such as the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) in calling for the tax incentives. "The FSC recommends that payments for up-front financial advice ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... Australia to expect higher inflation as the dollar continues to fall. Presenting his 2014 economic forecast at an Australian Institute of Company Directors' (AICD) lunch in Sydney, Blythe said Australia would need to negotiate an "inflation transition" ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... service sector continues to gain momentum indicating that the US economy hasn't been iced as markets thought when the Institute of Supply Management released its manufacturing survey earlier this week. You beauty! All's swell tinker bell. That is, if ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... added 175,000 jobs in January, according to payrolls firm ADP, slightly below the 178,000 estimated by analysts. But the Institute for Supply Management's index of services sector activity rose a full percentage point to 54.0 in January, slightly above ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... purchasing managers index for manufacturing, fell to 50.5 in January from 51.0 in December and 51.4 in November. The Institute for Supply Management reported that US manufacturing activity fell sharply in January, sinking to 51.3 from 56.5 in the previous ...

No silver bullet for gender equity in super: WIS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... superannuation savings gap between men and women, according to Women in Super chair and president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees president Cate Wood. Speaking at the Women's Super Summit in Melbourne this morning, Wood said that ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... due out as is the Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing (PMI) index and the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, both for January. In equities news, JB Hi-Fi, Country Road and Argo Investments are expected to release first ...

The AFA develops social media simulator

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... developed using the 'Connecting with Client' report from August 2013, which featured research conducted by the Beddoes Institute with support from Zurich. "The simulator gives advisers a practical tool that they can use to develop their 'one on one' ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... heads taken out of the employment roster in the same month. This isn't consistent with the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey that showed consumer sentiment fell for a second straight month to 103.3 - the lowest since July 2013 - that prompted ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases CPI data for the December quarter while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Activity for November is also due out. In major equities news, BHP Billiton is expected to post its fourth ...