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FOFA levels playing field: ANZ Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... acting on best interest and should assist the industry being regarded as a profession and repair any lost consumer confidence issues. Barrett also said lifting standards is key to uniting the planning industry, for the benefit of planners and consumers. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Wednesday, extending a recent rally on renewed hopes for a fresh round of US monetary easing despite weak consumer confidence data in the United States and Europe. Sydney rose 0.56 per cent, or 27.3 points, to 4,296.5 while Hong Kong jumped 1.64 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... continued to stall. In the latest sign of US economic weakness, a survey by the Conference Board showed that consumer confidence plunged in August to its lowest level in more than two years. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... economic contraction in the second quarter and the reversal in both industrial production and business and consumer confidence in recent months. The appreciating yen remains the major risk for the Japanese economy going forward. Then again, the appreciating ...

Industry looks to draw line under reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... which began in February 2008 and the Cooper Review of April 2009 remain unknown. "The uncertainty is affecting consumer confidence in our industry, it's effecting how much super people save for retirement and it's limiting our ability to build confidence ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... and the still unresolved issues of the carbon and resources tax. All of which have sent both business and consumer confidence sliding in recent months. If not for China and its voracious appetite for Australia's resources exports, the domestic equity ...

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... over the past few months, there's again bad news mixed in with the good. The Conference Board reported that consumer confidence dropped to 58.5 in June - the lowest in seven months and a bigger drop than markets were expecting - from 61.7 in the previous ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... big time - despite disappointing stats. The Chicago PMI dropped sharply in May. The Conference Board's May consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level in six months. The S&P/Case Shiller home price index fell to its weakest level since March 2003 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... broader All Ordinaries index was up 25.2 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 4,760.3. NEW YORK - A key measure of US consumer confidence rose unexpectedly this month and Americans' spending and income climbed in April, giving stocks their third straight day ...

Fraud adviser banned for life

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... businesses. ASIC said it had banned Bean in order to protect the public, deter similar conduct and maintain consumer confidence in the financial services sector. Bean was not able to be contacted in time for publication, but he has the right to appeal ...