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Bumper year for wealth managers

The latest banking report by consulting firm KPMG has confirmed that the country's major banks enjoyed another record year in profits, with wealth management still the crowning jewel. According to KMPG's half year results performance survey, operating ...

Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... Rudd also announced that Labor intends pushing for Australia's already world leading funds management industry to become a major player in Asia. The centre-piece of the policy is halving the 30 per cent withholding tax on distributions to non-residents ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... But according to independent think tank, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Australia still has a major challenge in encouraging business innovation and boosting infrastructure investment. In their report on Australia's infrastructure ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... Exchange, at 0800 AEST, the June share price index contract was down 73 points to 6303. Today, accounting firm KPMG releases its major banks survey. Automotive company Pacifica Group Ltd will hold its annual general meeting, as will resources company ...

Super choice Budget boost

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... co-contributions that fund members deposited last financial year, a policy hardly likely to hit the Budget too hard. But the major industry development is the establishment of the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) which puts $5 billion into the investment ...

Elite investing strategies ready for download

... the company makes money through a subscriber model for those who want to comb through historical data. "This service is a major step forward for advisors trying to understand trends in the marketplace. Asset allocation and mutual fund selection needs ...

Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... forget to mention. Against this fierce competition for attention, superannuation and investment may find it hard to get a major look in especially after the massive reforms of last Budget which are still being digested. Tonight might therefore be someone ...

Finance firms fail customer satisfaction test

... according to an IT customer satisfaction survey. Customer interaction management (CIM) software provider Talisma surveyed 43 major financial services companies last month to test how responsive they were on customer service queries made through the telephone ...

Not easy being green

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... heat-trapping gas - is not only produced by livestock flatulence, but a combination of methane and ammonia in meadow cakes are a major source of water pollution. The FAO report claimed farm animals are responsible for producing18 per cent of the world's ...

Good times to keep rolling for investors

... final results of current takeover bids, let alone the future deal flow about to impact the market. Assuming some of the major current takeovers succeed, you can easily get a figure of over $60 billion over the next few months," said Thomas. The Index ...