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Sub-prime not such a CAD after all

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
While Australian exports are booming and industry is rolling along so well that their biggest complaint is why there is too little labour supply, our high current account deficit (CAD) means we are more vulnerable than we think, no matter how much we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
The Australian share market looks set to continue its run in the red today after more falls on Wall Street. In London, base metal prices generally were down. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0824 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today after the United States and other world markets -- apart from Germany -- suffered falls on Friday. In London on Friday, base metal prices generally were higher. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures ...

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More bite from subprime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
The US is likely heading for a recession as consumer spending plummets because of the subprime mess, according to Matthew Drennan, investment director at Zurich. Speaking at a briefing yesterday, Drennan said the securitised amount of subprime credit ...

BankWest calls on UK planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
BankWest is set to launch a financial planning service and will sidestep the planner shortage in Australia by scoping the talent pool of its UK parent HBOS. BankWest aims to have a financial adviser in all its branches with a target of recruiting 100 ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
There may still be plenty of questions over the virtue and mechanics of the planned "freezing" of loan interest rates for several hundred thousand distressed home loan borrowers in the US. The US government formally outlined the plan this morning without ...

ANZ appoints ex-MLC as FP chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
ANZ has appointed Alan Logan to general manager of financial planning, ending its search after Mike Goodall's departure three months ago. The financial planning division has increased its planner numbers by 30 per cent in two years and has more than ...

Singapore mega-fund IC tender due

The Singapore Central Provident fund's board is calling for investment consultancy firms to tender for the service of providing consultancy under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS). The mega-fund, which has more than $100 billion in member account balance ...

Futures contracts director caught without AFSL

ASIC has taken a court order against a Tasmanian-based company and director for providing financial training in futures contracts without the proper financial licence. The Federal Court of Australia, in Melbourne, made interim orders restraining Oxford ...