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BT: product strength will defend market share

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... billion is channeled through the BT-provided platforms called wealth-e-account and platform2. One of the main reasons the big four banks are buying dealer and financial advisory groups is to create vertically integrated distribution channels for their ...

Cloud software brings pay-per-audit revolution

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
New auditing software for self-managed super funds enables practices to avoid license fees by paying per audit. Financial services software provider Sage HandiSoft has created an audit application for SMSFs that is accessed online and stored in the ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... former chairman, Craig Thomson. The question for Australia is what happens now and do we have national political leadership big enough and tough enough to seize the reform opportunity. Ben Ong is on annual leave

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
Australian stocks were firmer at noon as the big banks and miners led the broader market higher in quiet conditions. At 1210 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 29.6 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 4,292.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
World equity markets hold only $57 trillion, one-third less than the $90 trillion in world bond markets, so it might be time we paid a bit more attention to where the real money is. Like how despite the frenzy for more debt as governments scrambled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... 8,797.78 and Seoul added 0.81 per cent, or 14.37 points, to 1,778.95. Markets got a poor lead from Wall Street, which saw big falls after a three-day rally. The greenback fetched 77.00 yen, against 77.45 yen in New York late Thursday but well up from ...

Super funds prefer employers via clearing houses

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Australia's largest private sector clearing house provider processes about 20% of all employer contributions and is also a big contributor to TelstraSuper. Collister said TelstraSuper only receives one or two payments from the Federal Government's Small ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... released tomorrow) from a paltry 0.1% in the first quarter. And these are what make it difficult to foresee what will come out of Big Ben's lips tonight - even for Ben.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... overwhelming theme has been vagueness around 2012 guidance. We haven't seen too much conviction in companies coming out and putting big numbers and those that have, the market has discounted a little bit," he said. Making news, Woolworths fell $1.41 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... profit by 19.6 per cent to $115.1 million. "The market is so sensitive and volatile which, although we're having an up day is a big turn off for private investors," he said. The major banks were higher, with NAB the strongest performer, up 28 cents ...