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Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... businesses alike. I couldn't say it better than Wesley Batista - CEO of one of the biggest meatpacking business on the country. "Brazil is taking concrete measures... Now, the measures will start to take effect... and it is like a plane taking off." ...

CBA set to launch a $750 million hybrid offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... strategy. To educate investors about the hybrids high level of risks, the bank is currently hosting roadshows around the country and has put together an extensive investor's presentation as well as a prospectus outlining all the key risks. "We are trying ...

Apostle launches global equity fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... the Australian market. "The Apostle Dundas Global Equity Fund seeks to target dividend growth in excess of the MSCI All Country World index and to also exceed inflation, to provide the income and capital protection that both accumulation phase and drawdown ...

Farm land a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... Watch report. Drought in the U.S. has resulted in vast damages to the summer crops of corn and soybeans, for which the country is the world's largest exporter, said the report. And a dry summer in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan has contributed to projected ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... Age has, "Optimism may just be wishful thinking" today. It's a long report but Variant Perception list of woes for this country down under is nothing new, all revolving mainly on the problems of external funding, the "overvalued" property market and ...

It's still the hole, stups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012

We're revolutionising financial planning: Mortgage Choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Mortgage Choice is set to expand into financial planning by opening up 60 franchises by 2015 to sit along side its 380 countrywide home loan businesses. The mortgage broking group plans to be Australia's fastest growing branded financial planning organisation ...

Sluggish growth the new norm: Janus

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... structural changes needed to fix the EU's debt problems include the implementation of a financial regulator, a form of cross-country deposit guarantee, and a fiscal union - all of which will take time.

IAS renews partnership with SS&C

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... challenging for overseas firms and many global software providers have had their plans and dreams dashed on the rocks of the country's capital gains tax and imputation credits. "Too many international firms come to Australia with great fanfare, win a ...

Wake up call for instos on staff retention

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
While the vast majority of the country's finance professionals want to remain living and working in Australia at the moment, four in five are considering moving out of the sector and into alternative industries. These were among the findings of eFinancialCareers ...