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BT and Westpac plan integrated CMA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
BT Financial Group is planning to launch an integrated cash management account with Westpac, creating a new player in the highly-competitive cash management sector. Speaking at an adviser briefing this morning, Chris Freeman, head of BT Wrap, said the ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... Greece to other Eurozone countries. And we're all getting caught in the crossfire. Is that doom and gloom I smell in the air? Yes Virginia, we're back to prophesising our own demise. This time it's the Global Sovereign Crisis (GSC) that threatens the ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

At an industry forum yesterday, the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talks about the next wave of superannuation reforms and the critical role the financial services sector play in the national economy. He said the reforms are the most significant set of reforms ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... rate of 3.6 per cent in the first quarter, construction spending and factory orders gained by more than expected in March. Yes, yes, there's still the weak labour market. But didn't we say it's a lagging indicator? Ultimately, it'll fall into place. ...

Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Thanks but no thanks! This is the Australian financial markets response to the government's response to the Henry Tax Review. BHP and RIO and other profitable miners are up in arms over Krudd's proposed 40 per cent tax on their "super profits." Investors ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... changes will only take effect after the next elections - if they're re-elected. So again, what's the big fuss over these? Yes, it's well and good to be prepared, particularly now that we've been given a glimpse of the future. For instance, BHP and RIO ...

ANZ wealth income doubles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
ANZ Bank's wealth income has more than doubled to $420 million as the ING Australia business slots into the bank. ANZ' underlying profit for the half year ending March this year found the Australian wealth division's total wealth income rose from $199 ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... Australian economy. I apologise for my digression, just had to vent my spleen on the ciggie tax. Now back to Wall Street. And yes Virginia, those who succumbed to the sensationalisation that was Greece, and Portugal, and Spain, and... are still kicking ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... sparking all kinds of rumours and speculation on how and why the crisis will bring financial markets down, one after the other. Yes it was a big deal! It proved to be a very, very good buying opportunity. Not a few investors kicked themselves back then. ...

Knee-jerk reaction to late action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Spain and... will take the entire Eurozone down with it need only know that Greece's salvation is just an Angela Merkel away. Yes, it's only Germany's Chancellor that stands between Greece's ruin and its salvation. She remains adamant that Greece provides ...