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Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... we aware of these, they've been scrutinised to death by "experts", international institutions, government bodies, central banks and laymen. This gives me confidence that while there may be knee-jerk selling should any or all of these "challenges" eventuate ...

Tyndall AM restructures distribution

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... role of national manager - researcher relationships, responsible for managing research houses, asset consultants, private banks and SMSF trustees. The new private wealth business reflects the importance of intermediaries, particularly the growing significance ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... 'emergency' interest rate period in 2009)." Scared over the potential for another credit freeze? Relax. "The share of (Australian banks) offshore funding has fallen, and its maturity has been lengthened." "The current account deficit has, in other words ...

ING Direct prepares for retail super foray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... cross-selling to existing banking clients. BT chief executive Brad Cooper recently described the wealth sector as the key to banks' growth over coming decades, flagging a coming "land grab" in market share for superannuation and life insurance ''What ...

NGS Super moves into Qld, WA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... Rodwell-Ball. "In Queensland, we'll focus on increasing our brand awareness among independent schools, credit unions and mutual banks, as well as building recognition among Uniting Church organisations as their default fund, off the back of our merger ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... Apart from cutting into households' purchasing power, higher food prices could slow - if not prevent altogether - central banks efforts to re-stimulate slowing economies. Note that China remains an emerging market. Remember last year when the rising ...

Kinks in Stronger Super armour

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... the potential to lead to better outcomes. "We might end up with the situation that there's just a few big funds [like the banks] and not much to show for it but I hope that's not the case. "Stronger Super will give APRA more teeth - let's hope they use ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... resources giants also fell, with Rio Tinto two per cent lower at $52.28 and BHP Billiton down 2.2 per cent at $30.68. Among the banks, Westpac shares were 0.6 per cent lower at $22.71, ANZ fell 0.7 per cent to $22.91, National Australia Bank lost 0.9 ...

Babson Capital gaining traction

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... here," said Adam Wheeler, portfolio manager, Babson. The syndicated loan market has been traditionally dominated by major banks, so it has been difficult for institutional investors to get access to deal flow, said Wheeler. Wheeler said that the Australian ...

Offshore tax havens bank $32tr: report

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... equivalent to the size of the US and Japanese economies combined. According to the BBC, the reports said that the three private banks handling the most assets offshore are UBS, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs. "This business is dominated by about 50 ...