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ING outsources research to two firms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... ING Australia." The financial product research model to be launched in January 2010 will utilise two external research houses that will supply all research to ING Australia's aligned dealer groups and will form part of each dealer group's Investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... gains in Europe and Wall Street and stronger commodity prices brightened sentiment. In Japan, mining stocks and trading houses rose on hopes that demand for raw materials will get a boost from a global economic recovery. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... crude oil surged. Truckmakers' shares climbed after a brokerage upgrade, with Isuzu Motors adding 5.4 per cent, and trading houses gained on strong metals prices. Investors took heart after the Shanghai Composite Index jumped more than three per cent ...

Van Eyk resigns as executive chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... AMP Financial Planning recently appointed van Eyk Research and another research firm as preferred independent research houses partners.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... the previous day on fresh worries that a rally in risk assets may have gone too far. Mitsubishi Corp and other trading houses lost ground after commodities fell on growing doubts about economic recovery, though this was countered by gains in defensive ...

Planner remuneration disclosure isn't working: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... paid to other financial services providers, such as fees paid by product manufactures to platform providers and research houses, should be reviewed. "Shelf fees paid to platform providers have the potential to influence the range of products a client ...

Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... been no US-style housing collapse. The market is moving back up off a solid base. One question is whether the demand for houses from first home buyers will weaken once the Federal Government's First Home Owners Boost is no longer available. Braddick ...

Up, Down, Flat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... for an increase to 360,000 units. What's more, the previous month's tally was revised lower to 344,000. And the supply of houses available for sale remained high despite declining to 10.2 months in May from 10.4 months. So which is it? For me, the mere ...

ING battles longevity risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... to launch a new suite of income and investment products tailored around longevity risks. At a time when most investment houses are hunkering down and consolidating their products, ING Australia is revving up, with plans to launch the range later this ...

Take your pick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... 10.2 months -- the highest since November last year. This becomes more gruesome when you account for shadow inventory - houses that should be in the market but are waiting for better prices. The presence of this shadow inventory (reported to be substantial) ...