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FOFA levels playing field: ANZ Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... absolutely first class," said Barrett. "We [the retail sector] have acted as a disparate group and that hasn't helped at times. But now we are getting better at it. The associations are working together more than they have in the past." Barrett said ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... points to economic growth over the nine-month period. Agriculture and services each contributed 0.3 percentage points - three times as much as mining." Mineral exports to China were still important, but were not enough to offset a broader slump in commodity ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... world economy, warns the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. Writing in the Financial Times, Lagarde said world economic confidence has again been shaken and this is leading many political leaders and policymakers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Dow Jones Newswires. However, London's FTSE-100 got a boost from a surge in banking stocks on a report in the Financial Times that a reform of the British banking system to better separate investment and retail banking activities following the 2008-2009 ...

CBA in takeover bid for Count Financial

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... Australian Securities Exchange with 341,486 shares changing hands as it delivered its full-year results - more than five times Friday's volume of 61,017 shares. The Commonwealth and Count Financial have entered into a scheme implementation deed, with ...

IOOF profits soar despite difficult times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Diversified financial group IOOF has reported statutory net profits after tax have risen by 28.4% to $99.5 million in its annual results released today. Chris Kelaher, managing director of IOOF, said it was a very pleasing result and had come despite ...

MLC to launch new flagship insurance product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... applications completed online to be immediately approved after the launch. MLC said the new offering would cut turnaround times on new business, with the aim of cutting processing time by up to 70%. "The new MLC Insurance offer will bring together the ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... assets offers huge scope for Fed operations, as the quantity of foreign assets eligible for purchase by the Fed is several times the stock of U.S. government debt." Option 7. "...policy of intervening to affect the exchange value of the dollar... it's ...

Planning practices will sell on earnings not revenue after opt-in

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... valuations of financial planning practices have fallen in the past three years, with buyers reluctant to pay as much as in times past. Planning businesses can also improve their earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) through back-office efficiencies ...

Super beats term deposits: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... GFC, super would have outperformed term deposits by 18%. "There has clearly been some volatility in super returns in recent times, and we know that has real consequences for people. But super is a long term investment and if you look over the long term ...