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Deal or no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... Times reported last night that US President Obama (Democrat) and House Speaker John Boehner (Republican) were nearing a "major budget deal." Hooray! Until it runs into some opposition and then, it's back to no deal. Boo! However -- and I've said this ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... Markets senior economist Su-Lin Ong said the Australian dollar was buoyed by news around 0830 AEST that the eurozone's two major players, France and Germany, may have reached agreement on how to resolve the Greek debt crisis. Media outlets are reporting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... bolstered investor confidence. Dealers said sharp gains overnight on Wall Street after US President Barack Obama welcomed a major bi-partisan deal on tackling the public deficit drove Asia higher and set up Europe to build on Tuesday's technical rebound. ...

ASIC cautions industry after US broker tweeted into suspension

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Australian financial services professionals must be vigilant with their web presence as regulators close in on the social spaces to ensure fair trading and no misconduct. Online financial communities and forums, blogs, Facebook and Twitter are emerging ...

Institutional appetite for RMBS behind lender acquisition

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... Sydney-based Calibre, which has a combined loan book of around $440 million. Calibre, operator of a warehouse funding line from a major Australian bank, issued its first mortgage-backed security in October 2007 with institutional investors. According ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
The Australian market was lower at noon, with energy and consumer discretionary stocks down, particularly News Corporation, offsetting gains among healthcare and gold-linked companies. At 1215 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.1 points ...

AMP scales advice for affordability

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
AMP has announced a new scalable advice model aimed at creating an affordable product to attract investors who would normally bypass advisers. The My Money Choices model was developed in consultation with financial planners, customers and the Australian ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Major credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has placed the US on a review for possible downgrade prompting US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to issue dire warnings on the global impact a US debt default would have. US lawmakers have ...

Big six use advisers for sales while clients confused on independence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Financial advisers aligned to major wealth-management firms are continuing to direct the majority of the funds they establish to their parent fund manager, a study released today by Roy Morgan Research has found. The Superannuation and Wealth Management ...

SMSF trustees are looking for mentors

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Financial advisers need to ditch traditional advice models and become mentors to succeed in the self-managed superannuation market, an industry expert told the 17th Annual Rainmaker Sales and Marketing Symposium yesterday. Andrea Slattery, chief executive ...