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Triple bypass needed to resurrect NAB's UK business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
It could take years before NAB's 'worthless' UK banking business is restored to anything approaching a reasonable sale price. That is according to Elio D'Amato, chief executive of stock market solutions provider Lincoln Indicators. The underperformance ...

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Despite concerns over a seismic slowdown in China, the Asian monolith remains a global economic powerhouse responsible for 34% of global economic growth in 2012, according to Commsec economist Craig James. In his keynote address to the AFA Conference ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after European equities fell despite a raft of largely positive company results, with trading volumes boosted by the resumption of activity in storm-struck New York. At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

SMSF members still happiest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Despite lackluster super fund returns, more fund members are satisfied with their industry fund's performance than are retail fund members but self managed super fund (SMSF) members continue to be the most satisfied. The results are reported in the ...

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Australia is not the only developed nation that believes it has a financial literacy and awareness problem as Barclays Bank in the UK has just released the results of a study that found Britain may have an even worse problem. The study found 36% of ...

Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq market shuttered last night - the first since September 11, 2001 -- as Hurricane Sandy batters the northeast coast of the United States. They will remain closed for a second day today. Thank goodness the warnings ...

Prepare now for MySuper revenue siege: MLC's Doust

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Given that MySuper is a major game-changer in the way corporate super advisers earn a living, Neale Doust head of sales and relationship management at MLC Business Super suggests they invest sufficient time working how they'll survive once the brave ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
The financial services and insurance industries contribute more to percentage growth in the Australian economy than mining and natural resources, according to CommSec's Craig James. Sensing that delegates at the annual Association of Financial Advisers ...

MySuper: industry not dead if proper action taken

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
Under the Government's MySuper legislation, it is vital for corporate super specialists to engage with their clients and focus on exited members, warns CESSA. Douglas Latto, president at the Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CESSA) said that the ...

Market Wrap

AMP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a flat showing on Wall Street at the end of last week amid earnings disappointments tempered by a slightly better-than-expected estimate of economic growth in the third quarter. At 0745 AEDT on Monday ...