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Buyer's market for planning businesses: Radar Results

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
A decrease in interest rates means financial planners can fund the acquisition of financial planning businesses, creating a buyers' market. With interest rates moving down over the past 12 months, financial planners can now borrow at rates as low as ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... of the weekend European Union (EU) summit were worked out and they waited for the Reserve Bank of Australia's official interest rate decision on Tuesday. "I think we're just having a pause for breath, particularly as it's an RBA rates decision day. The ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... backwards from last month when rolling annual losses were 5%. In contrast, direct property earned 9%, international fixed interest earned 11% and domestic fixed interest earned a staggering 13%. The top five Workplace Super funds (by default options) ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... the crunch, they're ready to compromise for the simple, yet overriding reason, that it's in no one's self-preserving interest to see the euro disappear. No one can deny that last week's agreement have removed a significant amount of event risk on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... contract was up 15 points at 4,112. In economic news on Tuesday, The Reserve Bank of Australia announces its official interest rate decision following is monthly board meeting. Also, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases building approvals ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
The Productivity Commission has handed down its draft report on default superannuation funds, and while its recommendations were predictable, they represent big wins and yet severe threats for both sides of the industry. The inquiry was called in 2009 ...

Real estate suffers as Europe goes DC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... asset allocation. That said, in terms of investor demand, Trickett predicts change will come as a result of significant interest in a more "sensible" alternative to the sovereign debt issuances as LDI.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... crisis. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 0.56 per cent to 5,493.06 points on Thursday, with bank stocks hurt by an interest rate fixing scandal. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 tumbled 1.27 per cent to 6,149.91 points and in Paris the CAC 40 slid 0.37 ...

Gen Y's more financially independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... it's never too late to counter these trends. "One way to make an immediate positive difference is to use a genuine high interest savings account and Term Deposits. "That way you can ensure that any funds you do have to hand are working for you 24/7 ...

Barclays fined $A451 million

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
UK bank Barclays will pay a record $A451 million in fines after it was found to have mislead authorities about the interest rate it was paying to borrow money from other banks. Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond said that in view of this, he and other ...