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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... 5052. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia December board has its monthly board meeting to make its interest rate decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the balance of payments and international investment position ...

Fee for service mortgage broking for $3500

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... increasing dominance of the main banks in the residential mortgage market triggering industry consolidation. Adviser interest in the mortgage broking market is high as the sector is considered a possible case study for how structural change may play ...

Funds delivering 12.5% for past 12 months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... 18%. But the standout, said Page, is AREITs that delivered 32%. Bonds meanwhile delivered single digit returns of 8% as interest rates have come down. Three year fund returns are meanwhile 6.4% pa and 10 year returns are 6.8% pa, though now five year ...

Wealth Enhancers boosts team with AFL talent

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... relationship manager within the Sports and Entertainment department. Warren is also a finance student and has taken an interest on financial advice after retiring from the Australian Football League (AFL) at the end of 2012 season. He will focus on providing ...

Falling gold price a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... worst is over' scenarios." The ETF expert added that with global financial markets remaining awash with liquidity, global interest rates expected to remain extremely low for the foreseeable future and the Eurozone economy likely to remain in recession ...

Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
Institutional investors who focus their investment strategies too heavily on the 'great rotation' out of bonds and into equities are likely to be caught out by the inherent risks that still pervade the market, according to a new report from the BlackRock ...

SFG FUA grow 8% to $11.6bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... earnings, funds under advice (FUA) and funds under admin growth, half-year results show. Overall net earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to $22.8 million, up 14% on the same period the previous year. The group attributed ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... in economic activity in the country, weakened by slowing growth in the global economy, falling commodity prices, high interest rates and an expensive currency, among others. In the third quarter of last year, President Dilma Rousseff announced a US$66 ...

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... weekend, after the downgrade hurt market sentiment but raised demands for Australian bonds, Tony Morriss, ANZ head of interest rate research told AAP. "With this downgrade, Australia now has the third largest triple-A stable bond market in the world ...

SFG mulls merger with WHK

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
SFG Australia has proposed a merger with rival WHK Group, days after it announced that wealth manager Lachlan Partners would be integrated into the company. After discussions began in October 2012, SFG Australia this morning said that a non-binding ...