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Costello warns of drought-led economic slowdown

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has warned of a slowdown in the Australian economy, despite the strength of the domestic market against international economic woes. "Notwithstanding the difficult international economy, the Australian economy continues ...

AXA's mortgage management awarded three stars by Morningstar

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings' Melbourne-based mortgage unit has received a three-star rating from Morningstar, the research house announced today. Relative to other managers, AXA incorporates a stronger 'top down' input into its process and has resulted ...

ANZ advisers get hands on new OneAnswer offering: ahead of ING

ANZ has introduced the ING OneAnswer platform to the market with a number of key improvements that will give its retail investors access to increased investment options not currently offered by the ING version-in the short-term at least. The ANZ OneAnswer ...

Australians are the second biggest spenders after Americans

Australians rank second after the United States as the biggest spenders in the world, and changes in spending patterns over the past three decades reveal a leaning towards expenditure on luxury items. In a recently released book, International Consumption ...

Dealer groups bearish on outlook for property

Almost 50 per cent of financial dealer groups believe that property as an asset class will lose value over the next six-to-12 months, according to the latest market expectations survey by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit. The survey, carried ...

van Eyk calls for investor caution in retail hybrid sector

van Eyk Research has warned investors that the hybrid sector is a heavily concentrated, complex and evolving market that brings its own particular risks and may not be able to deliver expected returns of around 8.5-10 per cent. "Investors have stampeded ...

Standard & Poors lowers Tower ratings

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered the insurer financial strength and long-term counterparty credit ratings on various Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries of Tower Ltd to BBB-plus from A-minus. It also has removed these ratings from ...

Morningstar downgrades Tower's business and management rating

Morningstar has decided to downgrade Tower's business and management strength rating from 'neutral' to 'negative' due to the uncertainties surrounding future earnings and strategy. And it has reconfirmed its rating of Tower's stability and probability ...

Government appoints Graeme Samuel as chairman of ACCC

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of Graeme Samuel as the chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) from July 1 for a period of 12 months. Costello said the position of chairmanship of the ACCC ...

Lend Lease to exit troubled US REI business, cuts 600 jobs

Property developer Lend Lease will exit its troubled US Real Estate Investments (REI) business but not before further writedowns of up to $US300 million, it announced today. The developer also intends to undertake an on-market share buyback of up to ...