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Mortgage Choice Financial Planning open for business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Mortgage Choice has launched its new financial planning business with the opening of two franchises. The company first announced its intent to enter the financial planning space in August 2011 and this latest move marks the start of a soft-launch process. ...

One-stop admin and investment shops target SMSFs

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Major players in equities, cash and other debt instruments - notably large fund managers and major banks - are well positioned to aggressively move into the SMSF fund administration space currently dominated by accountants, according to Chris Lumby ...

China's coming soft landing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... Sachs, is predicting a soft landing, as is almost everyone else. The landing will be so soft that Ha doesn't even expect interest rates to come down much, noting that the economic shifting is highly inflationary in some sectors of the economy, making ...

Five Aus equities managers share $1bn in new mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... overall asset class performance, he advised. VicSuper has already revamped its international equities and global fixed interest investments in a similar way, and is working with asset consultant Frontier Advisers to find new managers for its real assets ...

China primed for encouraging rebound: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... with inflation staying in check. Based on a benign inflation outlook, HSBC now expects the (China) central bank to keep interest rates unchanged in 2013. While the inflation target is likely to remain 4%, the same as in 2012, Qu Hongbin HSBC's Chief ...

Morphic Asset Management expands team

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... financial advisers need to wait for the MGOF to receive a rating and be included on more wraps, Lowenstein said the level of interest is high. As a result, the Fund is slowly increasing its flows from a widening group of advisers and individuals who ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... which services consumers at the high end of the market, said pent up demand is now being unleashed by extraordinarily low interest rates. Their average home sale price may only be up 3% year on year but it's the sales volume that is the crucial point. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... private client adviser Bill Bishop said overseas investors were drawn to the Australian market given relatively high interest rates and a robust economy. "Australian assets and financial assets are quite a desirable commodity for offshore investors in ...

Rebalancing growth smoothly Australia's key challenge: Bloxham

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... to Paul Bloxham HSBC chief economist Australia and NZ. Bloxham reminds investors that a larger share of the economy is interest-rate sensitive than the share driven by trends in commodity prices. He expects Australia's robust monetary policy to assist ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... said a decision to leave its key rate unchanged was not unanimous. Traders had largely expected the ECB to hold fire on interest rates at its last policy meeting of 2012, but the revelation by ECB head Mario Draghi that some members of the governing ...