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TFSA cuts cost, saves time through Paragem

Total Financial Solutions Australia, a dealer group on the cusp of a major expansion plan, turns to outsourcing specialist Paragem to mind the details as TFSA advisers think big. In a new deal signed this month, TFSA will outsource commissions payment ...

Planner buying spree tops $17bn

... Research reveals more than $17 billion of funds under advice (FUA) has changed ownership in the last six months, resulting in a major reshuffle of the country's top 10 financial planning groups. The largest deal to date was AXA's $150 million purchase ...

Ex-AFS distribution head joins FPSA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Financial Planning Services Australia (FPSA) has appointed ex- Australian Financial Services head of distribution, Mark Ryan, as director and dealer principal. Director of FPSA Deborah Baron said Ryan will be invaluable in driving strategy to take FPSA ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... solutions. The latest set of big ideas is from the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability that this week released its major report even though despite the report being 238 pages and containing more than 30 recommendation it didn't get around ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... positive development, Goldman Sachs posted an 11 per cent fall in quarterly earnings that exceeded expectations by avoiding major losses on assets linked to US sub-prime mortgage debt. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 108.78 points, or 0.89 percent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... particularly gold and copper, were helping the local bourse. But banking stocks had been dragged down by rumours that a major bank was about to announce a rights issue, he said. "The market was spooked by rumours one of the big four was looking to do ...

Asia will weather global slowdown: EFIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The Australian Government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation's (EFIC) latest report asserts emerging East Asian economies will endure a global economic slowdown due to growing domestic demand and rising intra Asian trade levels. Roger Donnelly ...

Market wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... All Ordinaries gained 17.6 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 5,561.9. NEW YORK - US stocks sank on Wednesday, with all three major indexes falling around two per cent, after oil prices shot back near their record high, stoking fears about inflation and its ...

CMC launches online trading platform

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... investments, managed funds and CFDs. "Our entry into online stockbroking is in line with CMC Markets' global strategy to be a major player in the wider investment community," said David Trew, managing director of CMC Markets Asia Pacific. "We believe ...

Challenger JV opens EM infrastructure doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... in Japan with more than 130 years experience and an infrastructure portfolio estimated to be worth A$7 billion across 10 major emerging countries. The joint venture's first initiative is to develop the Challenger Mitsui Emerging Markets Infrastructure ...