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Double-digit returns despite recent setbacks: Intech

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
... Consultants is tipping that superannuation funds will return 14.8 per cent to their members for the 2005/06 financial year, the third consecutive year of double digit returns. The prediction, based on Intech's Super Growth Universe which comprises 70 ...

RSE licensing transition grinds to a close

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
... members' funds. Licensees are required to comply with new standards covering proper governance, managing relationships with third parties, maintaining adequate resources and implementing sound risk management systems." At the beginning of the two year ...

AXA provides more lending facilities

... AXA Financial Advice Network (FAN) Licensees, AXA Financial Planning and Charter Financial Planning have teamed up with a third party mortgage distributor to bolster their suite of lending facilities. The new arrangement is with Alliere, a fully-owned ...

The feeling is mutual: Aust Unity

Australian Unity will remain a mutual company after a consultation with its members found that less than a third were in favour of a demutualisation. Six months ago the group issued a report to members which examined the pros and cons of staying a mutual ...

CIOs lacking in IQ: Deloitte

The explosion of data and reporting requirements have prompted over two-thirds of large companies in Australia and NZ to hike up their IT spend and improve their company's 'information quality' or IQ, according to a Deloitte research. In a survey exploring ...

Careless spending wastes $25bn

... drink, lottery tickets, taxis and magazines. By contrast, women spend an average $2,314 per year on similar perks, around a third less than their male counterparts. The survey also revealed that the spending habits of those earning below $40k a year ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
... unchanged as fears about higher US interest rates hit exporters. The Nikkei finished down 4.15 points at 14,644.26, its third straight loss. HONG KONG - Stocks ended higher as resources took back some recent losses on solid commodity prices. The Hang ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
... Futures Exchange the September share price index was 21 points stronger at 4883. On the day Ten Network will release its third quarter results as the hearing into failed property developer Westpoint continues. Investors will also be watching BHP Billiton ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... raised speculation of a follow-up Fed rate hike in August. The 0.3 per cent increase in core inflation in May marked the third straight month that this measure came in above market expectations. The May figure also took the latest three-month core inflation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... per cent, the Nasdaq fell 0.24 per cent and the S&P 500 dipped 0.06 per cent. LONDON - UK stocks ended lower, marking a third straight week of losses as miners fell after China moved to curb credit growth. The FTSE 100 closed at 5597.4, down 21.9 points ...