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Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Today, America and Canada held their annual Groundhog Day festivities to see whether spring would come early or winter will stretch six weeks more. Groundhog Day is rooted in ancient European folklore and purports that if a groundhog emerges from its ...

BNP Paribas upgrades client support

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
BNP Paribas Securities Services and New South Wales Treasury Corporation have teamed up to launch My Queries, a client support system developed by BNP Paribas, in Australia. My Queries is a web based automated query management and client support system ...

Securitor combats bad times

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
One of Australia's top ten largest dealer groups, Securitor, is arming itself against poor markets by giving advisers more resources to serve their clients. Securitor, which has around $12 billion in advice and 462 advisers, is not just hammering home ...

Patersons and Tolhurst join forces

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
Australian Securities Exchange-listed Patersons Securities Limited is merging with stockbroking business, Tolhurst Group Limited. The proposed merger will be effected through the sale of the Tolhurst broking business and brand names to Patersons, noted ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
Inflation is coming back down all over the world. The trend in consumer prices in Australia will be no different. At 11:30 AM this morning, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release data showing how consumer prices fared in the December ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was a sea of red at noon with the materials sector leading the losses after a negative US lead and reports that the economies of Australia's three most important export destinations are softening. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Vanguard CIO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Vanguard Investments Australia's longstanding chief investment officer Eric Smith has resigned, with US Vanguard principal Joseph Brennan poised to take over the reins of the $60 billion asset manager. Robin Bowerman, head of retail at Vanguard Investments ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

TTR strategies need more attention

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
Investors still lack awareness of transition to retirement strategies while many others view super as a "poor investment", according to financial advisory firm HLB Mann Judd. According to Michael Hutton, wealth management partner at HLB Mann Judd, most ...

Investor knowledge fuels SMSF growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
The growth of SMSFs is holding steady amid the market downturn, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery, said the number of SMSFs established has remained constant between 2,500 to 3,000 ...