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Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has donned his hardhat and launched Australia on a massive $40 billion nation building program centred on three new investment funds designed to fix infrastructure, health and education while also kick starting Australia's regional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
The Australian share market has received mixed lead from Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index down 0.34 per cent, the blue chip S&P500 index barely changed and the Nasdaq technical index up slightly. But resources stocks may receive a boost from strong ...

First State leads UK adviser fund scoreboard

The UK arm of homegrown fund manager Colonial First State scooped the top six spots in a new report that looks at the top 100 fund managers in the UK based on consistent performance. London-based financial adviser publication Professional Adviser published ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The reforms to the private health insurance rebate and the industry reaction to it should be studied by everyone in wealth management who seeks to influence government policy. A furious health insurance industry came out fighting yesterday after the ...

Retail and not-for-profit trustees are different

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
A governance review of super funds by APRA has found that while decisions by not-for-profit funds are driven by their trustees, it's senior executives who initiate most of the key decisions in retail funds. "Retail trustees have fewer directors, shorter ...

Goods and services trade deficit narrows to $2.7b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Australia's favourable terms of trade metrics is finally counting for something as the balance on goods and services numbers improved by $525 million in March. According to the ABS, in seasonally adjusted terms the deficit on the balance improved by ...

Retail spending is not slowing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
The economy continues to send mixed signals with the latest retail trade figures showing that despite confidence falling and concerns over credit rising we are yet to slow down our spending. According to the ABS, the trend estimate of retail turnover ...

130/30 demand drops

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
US investor interest in 130/30 equity strategies have noticeably waned in the six month period by the end of March - a reversal of a trend that pervaded for the most part of the last two years. Figures from US-based Pensions & Investments indicated ...

Trust on track after revamp

This year marks a new chapter at Trust after it divested its stake in a BNY joint venture, restructured its financial advice arm and adopted a new investment model for its $550 million philanthropy arm. The group has today reported its full year results ...

AXA numbers down, outlook up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
AXA Asia Pacific's first quarter results revealed a dramatic fall in net inflows across its platform, advice and investment arms, but one broker said the diversified group has fared better than most. In a triple blow, net inflows in AXA's advice business ...