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YBR doubles wealth management revenue

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014

... clients and serve them wholly, from their first home loan right through to their retirement," he added. "Looking after Main Street, as opposed to High Street, is where Yellow Brick Road sees the opportunity."

ICI chief blasts US transaction tax legislation

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013

... less efficient. Exemptions and other measures that claim to protect small investors generally don't work," he added. "Main Street will suffer." The transactions tax has been proposed as a revenue raiser to help address the US government deficit. A statement ...

Congressmen agitate for US transaction tax

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011

... I bet nobody would even feel it," he said. Bloggers, however, were less enthusiastic saying it was another tax on Main Street to bail out Wall Street, it should apply only with a trading threshold test and that the size of US financial system relative ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011

... that to say that the Europeans are under a "huge amount of pressure" is an understatement. It's now boiling over to Main Street. The "Occupy Wall Street" protests against corporate greed, irresponsible banks, inept governments, income inequality, etcetera ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

... AMP's planning practices on 1 July), their next strategy is to increase the accessibility of their advisers through 'main street' shopfronts. "We think we're being pretty innovative in the advice space. We've got the Horizons academy and we're moving ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE | MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010

... by backing laws that are in the best interests of business, investors and taxpayers - commenting that "it's about Main Street, not just Wall Street." In a press statement, Joe Dear, Council of Institutional Investors chair and chief investment officer ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010

... some are angry. They don't understand why it seems like bad behaviour on Wall Street is rewarded but hard work on Main Street isn't; or why Washington has been unable or unwilling to solve any of our problems. "They are tired of the partisanship and ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010

... good for ordinary Americans unless he gets the economy right. It doesn't have to be a battle between Wall Street and Main Street.

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010

... single dime" of taxpayer money used to they bail them out. But as the slump in equity markets showed, what is good for Main Street may not always be good for Wall Street. But investors who want to be clever by half should follow the money. These are ...

Pocketing the change

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009

... The rest of them - the ANZ, Westpac, Bendigo, etc. - are yet to announce their move. Undoubtedly, they are watching Main Street Australia's reaction to the big two and see whether they too could get away short changing or keeping the change altogether. ...

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Wholesale investor test changes on ice: Parliamentary committee

KARREN VERGARA

An overhaul of the wholesale investor test thresholds is on ice but potential major changes are still on the agenda, a parliamentary hearing confirmed this morning.

VFMC fills new head of asset classes role

ANDREW MCKEAN

Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has tapped an internal candidate to step into the newly minted role of head of asset classes.

ANZ, OnePath settle $50m class action

ELIZA BAVIN

Slater and Gordon has secured a $50 million class action settlement on behalf of ANZ and OnePath superannuation customers.

Australia's best-performing super fund says no to crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN

Colonial First State (CFS), the best-performing super fund of the last financial year, has ruled out the idea of adding crypto to its investment portfolio.

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