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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... points at 5,208. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and makes its interest rate decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases retail trade figures for July, the Balance of Payments and ...

Sagging commodities see drop in foreign investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... ACSA said this figure reflected the "slowing foreign appetite for Australian assets as the commodity boom slowed and interest rates were cut to historic lows." The 0.1% figure compares with a growth in Australian investors' assets under custody of 6.7%. ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... The problem is that financial markets misconstrued - and continues to misconstrue - fed tapering plans with fed lifting interest rates. Seen all those comparisons with 1994? You'll be wetting your pants too if you recall what the Fed did to interest ...

Prime targets investment in accounting firms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... Total funds under management at 30 June stood at $1.098 billion, up $97 million on the previous year. Earnings before interest and tax, however, were down 13.4% to $3.74 million and net profit after tax was down 1.1% to $2.78 million. Earnings per share ...

Wilson HTM reports losses after year of "disruptions"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... engaged in inappropriate behaviour. Coppin resigned as managing director on July 1 after the board saw a conflict of interest in his proposal to buy out the company's security business. Striking a positive note, Skala said, "Under new leadership, a stable ...

IFS to triple adviser numbers in 3 years

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... Standard that advice is a key issue for industry super funds from a competitive point of view. "There has always been an interest from industry funds to provide advice, but we anticipate a 30% increase of adviser numbers in the next months," Danaher ...

Deutsche Bank dismisses mining fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... services companies are still going down so we should put them to one side, but domestic cyclicals have stabilised. With interest rates down and the currency down, prospects are a little bit better." The strategist also dismissed recent concerns about ...

M&A drives SFG double digit growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... have deliveredA double digit earnings growth for SFG Australia. SFG saw a 15% increase on its operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to $48.1 million for financial year 2013. Underlying net profit after tax ...

Coin acquisition drives Rubik profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... segment, which includes Rubik's advice software and services, contributed revenues of $12.6m and EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, deductions and amortisation) of $6.5m for the year as a result of the acquisitions of Coin and Provisio. Rubik's banking ...

Peter Collins to chair ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Former Liberal politician and NSW Treasurer Peter Collins has been appointed chair of Industry Super Network (ISN). ISN has also appointed former Labor Premier of Victoria John Brumby as deputy chair of the board. Collins was a member of NSW Parliament ...