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Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... 1.3 percent drop and follow a 0.1 percent decline in the previous month. This is the largest drop in retail sales since records began being tabulated in '75. Falling Eurozone disposable income, dearer goods and services prices and higher interest rates ...

AXA halves adviser PI expense

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... discount on PI premiums. AXA's PI edge puts more competitive pressures on other adviser groups that also boast zero claim records but still have to pay more under new PI legislation that will come into effect this year. Anecdotal evidence suggests that ...

JP Morgan runs ESG checks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... associated with a certain practice. All the company information is collected from JP Morgan's post-trade compliance accounting records, which are updated daily. Clients outline their ESG guidelines and priorities across each portfolio with JP Morgan. ...

Praemium upgrades p-Desktop

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... "Our advisers can now conduct portfolio reviews, inclusive of clients tax reporting, manage client trades and maintain records of advice from the same platform that delivers our market data and client portfolios," said David Evans, founder of Evan & ...

$500k fraudster gets jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... trust by Taylor Collison, without any authorisation from Taylor Collison or their clients. Sellers also falsified internal records relating to the ownership of the shares and created fictitious buy and sell orders that attributed the proceeds to a friend's ...

Macq, Contango and Patriot lead small caps table

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... decision to downgrade. Both however remain on the recommended list and are endorsed by Zenith given their "exceptional track records" in small (EGG) and mid caps (Ausbil).

AFS records strong growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
Financial planning firm Australian Financial Services has recorded a 30 per cent improvement in profits at the start of this year - a result that the firm claims is a harbinger of strong performance this year. "AFS's record of sustained strong results ...

Pension funds milk green trends

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
As inflows into sustainable investing continue to break records, a leading consulting firm has recommended that pension funds should start drawing up detailed policies to capture the sector's returns. According to research by Lipper FERI, inflows into ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... prompted investors to enter the bullion market. Fund managers and gold experts said they expect bullion could rise to further records as more and more investors turned to gold as an alternative investment, even though the metal could retreat due to profit ...

Good governance pays 18pc more

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
UK companies with exceptional corporate governance records generate returns 18 per cent higher than those with poor records, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The study analysed 654 UK FTSE All-Share companies over four years to ...