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Investec backs MainstreamBPO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
Investec Bank Australia has provided a $10 million debt facility to MainstreamBPO, enabling MainstreamBPO to buy Group Benefits and pursue its expansion strategy to become a back office processing service provider to the financial institutions. Group ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
SYDNEY - The Australian stock market is likely to open weaker this morning following a poor performance on Wall Street as US stocks were hammered by record high oil prices and the financials were hurt after Citigroup revealed a weak earnings report. ...

Advisers lead margin lending push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
While investors are becoming more sophisticated, it's still advisers who are leading the massive growth in margin lending, according to BT Financial Group's head of wealth and wrap solutions, Chris Freeman. His comments came on the back of BT Margin ...

Super changes push SMSFs through planner doors

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
Thanks to recent changes in superannuation laws, 55 per cent of all self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees now use planners, up from a third in December 2005, according the latest AMP/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Funds: Investor and Planner ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today on a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0720 AEST, the September share price index was 19 points higher at 6,425. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

CFD traders to reach 50,000

The number of Contracts for Difference (CFD) traders in Australia have doubled to 31,000 over the year with another 27,000 intending to trade them over the next 12 months, according to a new study. Leading finance research firm Investment Trends has ...

Economic round- up: Cutting the apron strings

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
It would be an understatement to say that Australian banks have been doing well, but there are increasing murmurs among banking analysts that the market is overpriced and exposed to an increased risk of bad debts. While so far this year Australian banks ...

Millennium3 acquires Mawson Group

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
ING-owned Millennium3 has acquired Mawson Group Australia, with Mawson's 104 advisers being transitioned to Millennium3 in coming months. The acquisition was approved by Mawson shareholders and the conditions of the deal should be satisfied by 30 June. ...

Rate rise spectre saps consumer confidence

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
Flying in the face of a 4.5 per cent jobless rate, strong currency and figures showing 5.5 per cent of household finances have improved in the last month, interest rate uncertainty may account for the latest figures in consumer confidence dipping to ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher in the wake of near record highs on Wall Street and overnight gains in commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0656 AEST, the June share price index contract was trading up 21 points ...