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Consumer confidence plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Consumer confidence has plunged 17 percentage points, signaling the economy may be about to slow just enough to allow the Reserve Bank to start dropping interest rates. The news is contained in the latest Sensis consumer report which measures confidence ...

DIY investors not happy

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Investors are increasingly dissatisfied with the products of their DIY investment brokers, new research by Wealth Focus shows. Figures from the new DIY Investor Report found that investors were "relatively unhappy" with their main DIY investment broker ...

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A higher number of ASX-listed company directors have failed to comply with share trading rules today compared to four years ago, raising questions on the prevalence of insider trading and the influence of the country's regulators. The number of top ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Emerging markets are set to grow more than three times the rate of developed markets and will shrug off the sub-prime led liquidity crisis with ease, according to emerging markets wizard Mark Mobius. EMs investments expert Mobius from Templeton Asset ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
The Australian stock market fell sharply today, losing three per cent of its value, as nervous investors dumped banking stocks amid signs the US sub-prime mortgage crisis is getting worse. Stocks in the US slid almost two per cent last night after data ...

Hunter Hall extends Bravura deal

Hunter Hall Investment Management has extended its existing contract with wealth management software provider Bravura for another three years. The SRI specialist manager initially licenced the Garradin software more than five years ago, using the system ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
While Treasury boss Ken Henry long ago knew what was wrong with the economy and what problems the previous government's policies were causing, he apparently didn't have the political influence and muscle to do much about it. Speaking at the Ian Little ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
The federal government has created a Superannuation Advisory Group to provide technical expertise and consultation on relevant proposals within the superannuation industry. The Superannuation Advisory Group met at Parliament House in Canberra for the ...

Aviva breaks industry fund hurdle

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
Wealth management group Aviva has stolen the march on rival industry funds by combining industry fund-style simplicity with retail fund-style service in its Navigator Business Super. It's like Aviva has capitulated to, and yet conquered, competition ...

Clay Finlay re-invents growth

When investing gets tough, the tough re-defines investing. Or at least that's how global equities manager Clay Finlay explains how it will spot growth stocks in plunging markets. The new chief executive and chief investment officer team of the global ...