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Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
What do you get when you fall in love (with stocks)? A person with a pin to burst your bubble. That's what you get for all your trouble. Yesterday I warned that the equity markets' advance had been too fast and running too far ahead of economic fundamentals. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks slumped on concerns about the level of bad loans held by banks following Bank of America's earnings report. Gold miners may gain after the precious metal advanced on Monday while ...

New fin planning chief at UniSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
The $21 billion UniSuper has appointed former BT head of advice services, Chris Davies, to the new role of executive manager, financial planning. The appointment follows UniSuper's decision to launch its full service financial planning arm in late 2009. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better-than-expected earnings reports from Citigroup and General Electric. Gold miners may decline after the precious metal fell on Friday. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Whoa boy! Take it easy. How many times have we been admonished by our elders to chew our food slowly right in the middle of chomping down a big chunk of that juicy, tender, savoury steak? Not once, not twice but many, many times. Because it is the me ...

ATO relays transitional rules concerns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is warning accountants and self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees to be wary of promotions that advertise selling an inactive pre-1999 SMSF with a related trust. In some cases, promoters have claimed any investments ...

AXA recruits 13 overseas planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
AXA Australia is taking its financial planning recruitment drive overseas, adding 13 planners from South Africa and the UK to the dealer group. Paul Williams, national manager for AXA Financial Planning and Charter Financial Planning, said the firm ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Wall Street retreated last night apparently shocked at reports of an unexpected fall in US retail sales. The US Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell 1.1 per cent in March with sales ex-autos declining 0.9 per cent. Expectations were for ...

Barclays sells iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Barclays has sold the firm's exchange traded fund (ETF) iShares business to Blue Sparkle, a partnership established by CVC Capital Partners, for just over $6 billion. Net proceeds from the transaction will be retained by Barclays to enhance the firm's ...

DB super deficit rises to $25 bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
A Watson Wyatt report found defined benefit superannuation liabilities for listed Australian firms have blown out from around $2 billion to $25 billion over a six-month period to the end 2008. According to David McNeice, Watson Wyatt principal, companies ...