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Bell profit hit by bad markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Stock broking and financial advisory firm, Bell Financial Group, saw profit after tax fell almost 60 per cent to more than $14 million last year. The group posted more than $175 million in revenue for the 12 months to December last year, down more than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open lower after shares on Wall Street slid again on Monday. All three key Wall Street indices were down, as were oil, gold and silver. Copper was up, however. At 0757 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Self-employed are more picky with advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... yesterday," he said. "Even if the planning firm moves heaven and earth to deliver a sensational result, the self employed owner is still not satisfied because they unrealistically expected a lot more." Bertino also recommends financial planners build ...

Carthona endorses UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Carthona Agriculture, a green investment consultancy for institutional investors, is incorporating the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment into its services. Charlie Blomfield, managing director of Carthona, said applying these principles ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... advanced. Credit conditions may not be that tight after all. New dwelling approvals surged by 15.2 per cent over the month. Owner-occupied housing increased by 7.1 per cent in December and loans for investment property went up by 2.9 per cent. All States ...

More bombshells before the recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
The prices of local shares, property and commodities will fall further in the coming months before the government's stimulus package kicks in and takes the market out of the doldrums, said the panelists of an industry briefing held this morning. Speaking ...

Property re-pricing to come in waves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Super funds with high stakes in global property should brace for more pain in the asset class this year although the re-pricing is predicted to come in stages and not necessarily in the order you would expect them to, according to a new survey. Global ...

FTSE buys US pensions benchmark corp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... integration will allow FTSE to create new indices and provide greater performance and risk analysis. FTSE also appointed PBC owner, Tom Nadbielny as the firm's quantitative research director. Nadbielny will manage the firm's London, New York and Hong ...

AMP Banking taps Cuscal ATM network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... ATMs, despite the new Direct Charging rules that will come into effect in March, after the bank signed a deal with Cuscal, owner of the rediATM network. AMP Banking, which doesn't have its own ATM network, has been providing its customers with free transactions ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... success," he said. During the period, the group won 11 new clients, up from half a dozen in 2007. This included Wesfarmers (owner of Coles Group), security firm Chubb and healthcare group Pfizer. Two months ago, Mercer boosted its sales team further ...