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CFS slashes entry bar to wholesale platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Colonial First State has launched an aggressive bid for market share by opening Australia's biggest wholesale investment platform to small investors, positioning itself for a future commission-free superannuation market. Colonial, a subsidiary of the ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... Nouriel (doom) Roubini raised the stakes. No, we don't have to get to that US$140 a barrel is enough to push economies into DD. Yes, it's that double-dip word back again. "If you had the oil price going up to where it was in the summer of 2008, at $140 ...

AMP positions senior AXA staff

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
Senior members of AXA management take less pronounced roles in the restructured AMP team following court approval of the $14 billion merger. Four AXA executives make the journey to AMP, following in the footsteps of chairman Rick Allert and director ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... recommendations are spelled "H-O-L-D". "Stuck in the middle with you." Or was last night's sell due to the return of the Greeks. Oh yes, as promised the European debt crisis is not going to stay silent for long. Moody's has reportedly downgraded Greek ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... components. The US Federal Reserve Beige Book. Bears called it the Grey Book but not anymore. Last week the survey revealed all (yes A-L-L) 12 districts surveyed by the Fed reported continued expansion in economic activity in January and February and ...

FOFA briefing fails to shed light on adviser concerns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
A financial adviser who attended the FOFA information session in Brisbane yesterday walked away with more questions than answers on how the public can benefit from the proposed reforms. Tim Ross, a financial adviser from Brisbane-based Ross Financial ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... 50 expansion mark. All components were above 50 with the employment reading jumping to its highest level since April 2006 - yes this was before the GFC. US economic conditions are improving enough that even Jobs came out of sick bay. Yes, Steve Jobs ...

No risk of a double-dip recession: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Fund managers are bullish on global equities for the rest of the year, according to research firm Towers Watson. The firm surveyed 141 investment managers around the world who make decisions on more than $16 trillion worth of assets under management. ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
"Oh, I love you more today than yesterday." - Diana Ross Yesterday Wall Street dropped big time "on concern rising energy costs will threaten the economic recovery." This was Bloomberg's - and most other financial market commentators' -- interpretation ...

Coalition introduces bill to abolish SG age limit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The Coalition opposition is again testing its power on the floor of the hung parliament by introducing a bill to abolish the superannuation guarantee age limit. The government only wants to increase the SG age limit to 75 from its current level of 70 ...