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FPA appoints new chair

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has elected directors Corinna Dieters as chair-elect and Sarah Brennan as deputy chair-elect for 2006. Dieters will replace the outgoing Kathryn Greiner who completes one year as chair in November. "While we ...

Economic slow down on the agenda: Access Economics

... performance of our biggest global exchange partner, the US, now facing what some might say is an unmanageable current account deficit. Richardson shied away from predicting whether Australia's own exchange rate would go up or down, but did say that it ...

Economic roundup

... level estimated a year earlier. The strong investment figures came on the heels of a narrowing in Australia's external deficit with the current account deficit narrowing to A$12.6 billion in the June quarter from a downwardly revised A$15.0 billion shortfall ...

Future Fund will not inflate asset prices

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2005
... and the Future Fund would not be big enough to change this. He said Australia was currently running a structural saving deficit of $37 billion a year, compared to the projected annual contributions to the Future Fund of an on going $8 billion to $9 billion ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2005
... due out today with the Australian Bureau of Statistics releasing April retail trade and March quarter current account deficit data and the Reserve Bank of Australia releasing financial aggregates data for April.

Volatility of returns from international equities at an all time low

van Eyk's review of international equities has shown the volatility of returns from this investment sector to be at an historically low level. van Eyk head of research and ratings Suzanne Tavill says volatility levels were particularly low between stocks ...

First six months flat for Platinum

... Japanese Yen. The company does envisage potential upside for the US Dollar if the US administration addresses its twin deficit problem and so has recently taken a US Dollar position. It has also held its Australian Dollar hedge stance. Looking ahead ...

Global and local share outlook positive, bonds not so: AMP Capital Investors

... between $US0.69 and $US0.80 and will be buffeted by negatives of Federal Reserve tightening and Australia's own trade deficit versus the positives of a falling US dollar and reasonable global growth and commodity prices.

A focused and fitter FPA for 2005

... level education courses. The Association will also maintain its cost cutting initiatives to reverse the FPA's financial deficit with an operational plan in 2005 aiming to return a surplus. Staff numbers have already been reduced from 73 in June 30 2003 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2004
... shareholders for annual general meetings while the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release September quarter current account deficit and business indicators data ahead of GDP on Wednesday.