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Survey predicts more mortgage defaults

A survey polling more than 900 mortgage brokers, planners and referrers has found that 61.4 per cent of respondents expect mortgage stress and defaults to increase this year, nearly double the figure from the previous survey. The survey was done late ...

ING scores top marks in service

Financial services provider ING has been rated Australia's top fund manager for quality of customer service, according to a survey by ACNielsen. In ACNielsen's Australian Retail Wealth Management Report, which polled more than 16,000 internet users ...

Super hype is working: AXA

... or gardening, AXA's study revealed they have embraced the digital age, choosing to spend more time on the internet. In a poll on the world's heaviest users of the internet (retirees category), Australia ranked second to the US, spending seven hours per ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

One of the longest property booms in Australian history will end by 2010, according to research house Managed Investment Assessments (MIA) based on its sector report polling the views of eight of the country's leading property fund managers. Colonial ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... were offset by increases in building and constructions costs. News from the US economy continues to improve with a recent poll of employers finding that a third would increase payrolls for the next six months. This is an improvement on the last figure ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia announced that it will not lift the cash rate from its present level of 6.25 per cent. This may be seen as a consequence of further evidence of a slowing national economy as retail sales remain flat, new motor vehicle sales ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... with the index falling 9.7 per cent to its lowest level since the start of 2001 when a global recession loomed. The November poll was taken in the days after the last interest rate hike and the fall recorded was significantly less than the 15.5 and 16 ...

More growth through structured products and MAs

... and managed or wrap accounts are the next cornerstones of the global investment funds sector, according to an on-the-spot poll of fund managers and other industry participants at the SIBOS conference held this week. The majority of attendees at the SIBOS ...

Australians clueless on super

... second most important asset for many people, the fact that it is out of sight meant that it is out of mind for many. The poll revealed that Australians would spend twice as much time working out their office footy tips than they do understanding their ...

Star ratings on staff? Only in China

The third largest bank in China, the Bank of China (BOC), has introduced the penultimate in 'customer satisfaction' surveys, asking customers to rate individual banking employees on the spot with a one-star to five-star rating based on service level. ...