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Coalition victory to boost business confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
A Coalition victory in tomorrow's election will provide a welcome boost to business confidence but without a majority in both houses the lift may not be enough to plug the hold left by the end of the mining investment phase, according to UBS strategist ...

Advisers' "bickering" looks unprofessional

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
Advisers should try to be less emotional and stop "bickering" with each other if they want to look professional to their clients, a Financial Planning Association (FPA) board member said. FPA board member Peter O'Toole said that he wishes to see "an ...

The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
"As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin'... For the times they are a-changin'." -Bob Dylan This is it Virginia!A This is the final week before the times, they could all a-change. Many of us, Australians all, will be grudgingly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
The Australian share market looks set to open slightly higher after Wall Street rose on encouraging US employment data. At 0740 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,147. In economic news on Friday ...

Mercer trumpets "lifetime super concessional cap"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Mercer has proposed that lifetime concessional caps on superannuation contributions would be a fairer system than the current annual concessional cap of $25,000. This policy would particularly help those approaching retirement who have not benefited ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
"Dad, can you help me buy my own property?A I'm sick of paying ever-rising rent." My dear daughter asked me this during two Sunday dinners ago.A My first instinct was to say "of course" to my only girl among four children (yes four) - now you gentle ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching what just transpired on the first trading day of September. What transpired was equity markets jumped on the first trading day of September - European stocks soared closer to 2%, those in Tokyo by 1.4% and ...

Kenyon Partners renames to Connect Financial

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
Kenyon Partners has changed its name to Connect Financial Service Brokers in a move to better reflect the company's role after a change of ownership. Vinvest Investments purchased Kenyon Partners in 2012. The company was originally founded by Alan Kenyon ...

ANZ recruits from within for new MD Wealth role

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
ANZ has created the new position of managing director Bancassurance and Customer Experience, ANZ Wealth as part of a strategy to transform customer engagement. The previous ANZ managing director Retail New Zealand Kerri Thompson has been appointed to ...

Investors risk being left behind by renewable energy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Investors globally are underestimating the risk of being left behind by climate change, renewable energy and other environmental trends, according to Nanuk Asset Management director Paul Chadwick. Nanuk manages a long/short thematic global equity fund ...