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Tax cuts will trigger rates hike: Economists

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates on hold for the 13th month in a row, but Access Economics tips that rates will go north following any possible tax cuts in in May's budget announcement. Access Economics director, Chris Richardson ...

Rabo Life JV to focus on rural life insurance

Rabobank and Future Life Financial Services have launched a life insurance joint venture, Rabo Life, specifically for people in rural and regional Australia. The 50/50 joint venture is focused on providing specialist life insurance advice and products ...

Five out of six Australians lack income protection: CommInsure

A CommInsure survey released this week found that five out of six Australians have inadequate income protection insurance in the case of illness or injury. Alarmingly, the survey also showed that if the respondents were to lose their income for three ...

Asgard makes regional appointments

Asgard Wealth Solutions has made three new appointments as part of its recent move to restructure its distribution network along regional lines. The group has appointed Neil Younger to the newly created position of head of business and strategic development ...

DB, healthcare costs blow out US valuations: AXA Rosenburg

The way US company financials are analysed impacts their true valuations and the true price that should be paid for their stocks. With IFRS phasing in around the world, the way companies and stock analysts factor in things like DB and healthcare funds ...

Good returns and good luck

Using research compiled by Morningstar as evidence, Vanguard Investments claims that most active fund managers cannot sustain above index-benchmarked performance over the long term. Anthony Serhan, head of consulting for Morningstar, described how their ...

Daily economic update

The US Federal Reserve will view last night's inflation report favourably. US headline CPI rose by 0.1 per cent in February and the core inflation measure also increased by a mild 0.1 per cent. Expectations were for a rise of 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a positive lead from the US and some base metal gains sets the tone for another positive session on the domestic bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index was 16 points ...

Plan For Life the latest researcher to launch web-based comparisons

Plan For Life, the actuarial and research house, is the latest research group to roll out a web-based super fund comparison tool for dealer groups. Simon Solomon, managing director of Plan For Life said the online tool will track not just fees but the ...

Measure super choice the right way: InvestmentLink

Super choice is alive and kicking hard, but its being driven by people taking their old fund to their new employer rather than by traditional rollovers. Latest figures from superannuation information hub specialist InvestmentLink confirm that in just ...