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Gen-Y teach old dogs new investment tricks: RaboDirect

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
They may take exponentially longer to leave home, and have unrealistic job expectations, but Gen-Y are better with their finances than originally thought. According to a survey commissioned by RaboDirect, Gen-Y's financial know-how is often better than ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... fresh record high of 11.6% in September - there's some positive reports out of Europa lately, reports that concern the problem country of the day -- Spain. Spain's central government deficit narrowed to 4.4% of GDP in the January-September period from ...

Relax legislation on deferred annuities: Challenger

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Misconceptions about annuities are one of the biggest problems for people who sell them, said Brian Benari, chief executive officer and managing director, Challenger. Annuities can play an important role in combating longevity risk, so providers need ...

Triple bypass needed to resurrect NAB's UK business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... beginning to question how long they can tolerate the underperformance of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank. The fundamental problem with a sale is that potential buyers are not willing to pay up for a struggling business and selling at today's market value ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... is putting people off seeking advice and leading them to understandably wonder where to turn." Sheils says part of the problem is that the financial crisis has led to a collapse of confidence in the value that advisers can add. "There's lots of negative ...

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Australia is not the only developed nation that believes it has a financial literacy and awareness problem as Barclays Bank in the UK has just released the results of a study that found Britain may have an even worse problem. The study found 36% of ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... that they will come under increased scrutiny in the future. "The banking industry has been savaged by one reputational problem after another. First it was the GFC, then money-laundering and the Libor scandal," he explained. "While these issues have come ...

Market wrap - late AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened 0.7 per cent lower, outperforming the sharp declines from offshore markets during the overnight session. At 1033 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.5 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 4,511.6 points ...

Searching for conviction: Premium China study tour

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Premium China Funds Management (PCFM) has just wrapped up a study tour of China, which saw more than 50 Australian financial advisers get a first-hand feel of two cities in a country that's never far from the headlines. While its economic strength is ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... has a massive risk exposure to climate change and its regulation. For our largest pool of capital to ignore this is a problem for government and regulators", but most of all for citizens and taxpayers who are entitled to know what the board of guardians ...