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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... holding annual general meetings are Fairfax Media, QR National, Sims Metal Management, Asciano, Brambles, Gindalbie Metals, Echo Entertainment Group and Specialty Fashion Group. On Wednesday, Australian shares gained more than one per cent as markets ...

Inflation not currency worrying the RBA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... no longer sustainable with the AUD at US$1.06 after its 15% rise in the last 12 months. Small business lobbyists tried to echo the pressure arguing they want rates to drop to restore consumer confidence and boost retail spending. However, the Reserve ...

FOFA divides on commission

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The Government's stance on the banning of commissions has proven to be a contentious issue, attracting quick responses from industry heavyweights after today's release of draft legislation of the Future of Financial Advice reforms. Despite hinting that ...

ASX new CEO remains on Tabcorp board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... previous employer, Tabcorp. Funke Kupper was appointed non-executive director of Tabcorp during the de-merger process of Echo, which operates casinos around Australia, including Star City, and Tabcorp. "Elmer Funke Kupper will cease as Tabcorp's Managing ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Deal! This single word was music to the ears of investors everywhere. After weeks of restless anxiety, it came to pass - the powers-that-are in Washington agreed to raise the nation's US$14,300,000,000,000 debt ceiling. True to script the negotiations ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it! It certainly feels like June 2010 all over again! I can't believe it myself but when Big Ben spoke last night, I became a believer! Speaking at ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
It's all quiet on the Wall Street front overnight. The US quarterly company earnings reporting season must be about to commence. Just in case. Trading volume was low and bereft of direction. The Dow was up 0.01 per cent and the S&P 500 was down 0.3 ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
All this talk about prices heating up is melting financial market optimism. Investors have every right to be worried if, indeed, the cost of goods and services continue to head north. Last night's report that UK inflation jumped to 4.0 per cent - double ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
That dreaded "I" word is making a comeback into market players' psyche. Inflation is lurking just around the corner - at least for the developed economies. In the emerging ones, they've been trying to shoo evil inflation away as if almost forever. China ...