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Goods and services trade deficit narrows to $2.7b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... ABS, in seasonally adjusted terms the deficit on the balance improved by 16 per cent, leaving us only $2,736 million in the red for the month. But the improved deficit was still $300 million worse than January. The Bureau said, again in seasonally adjusted ...

Austock Life strikes $100m

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Austock's specialist issuer of tax-paid investments, Austock Life, has reached the $100 million pit stop in its total funds under management. Underlying the $100 million milestone is Austock Life's Imputation Bonds, a full-featured masterfund that uses ...

Direct property reigns: study

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Strong total returns, highest level of income and low volatility - direct property fits the bill and has beaten all other major asset classes in fattening investors' bottom lines in the last 20 years, new research shows. According to the Australian ...

From PDS doorstoppers to digests

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
In line with new government rules calling for shorter product disclosure statements, ING Australia has reduced the size of its PDSs for OneAnswer and OneCare products by 33 per cent. In August last year, the Federal Government legislated PDSs could ...

Trust and Russell redefine philanthropic investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Trust has teamed up with Russell Investment Group to launch the Trust Philanthropy Fund, an investment product that provides regular income and returns that best suit a not-for-profit organisations. Russell Investment Group's (Russell) multi manager ...

CFP and Fin Wisdom upload Provisio

Ward Financial Group, part of Commonwealth Bank-owned dealer group, Financial Wisdom, has developed a software designed to reduce the onerous number crunching involved in Transition to Retirement (TTR) strategies. Provisio, developed by Barry Ward from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower on the back of a negative finish on Wall Street overnight. At 0700 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down ten points at 5,723. In economic news today, the Reserve ...

Finland the most low risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Looking for financial transparency? Finland boasts the most transparent financial market in the world - making it the prime spot for low risk investments, new research shows. According to the Milken Institute, a higher number of countries are adopting ...

Aviva cuts accountants from insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
Aviva Australia has improved its medical and financial underwriting services by removing the need for financial advisers to include an accountant's signature, regardless of the sum insured. According to the firm, if the sum insured is less than $3 million ...

Kelly plans changes at Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... business centres. Kelly said she was "on a mission" to encourage some "boldness" amongst the staff and to cut through some of the red tape in the organisation. As expected from the ex-St George boss, she wants the customer satisfaction ratings to improve. ...