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Westpac launches annuity lookalike

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Westpac Institutional Bank has launched an "annuity-style" product in response to demand from financial advisers seeking options to help clients achieve retirement goals. The Westpac Annuity Deposit will require a minimum deposit of $50,000 and will ...

Blue Sky invests $20m in Oak Tree retirement villages

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... the perpetual operation of the villages. Oak Tree's business model is underpinned by both development profits and a growing bank of tangible assets with an annuity style revenue stream." BSPE specialises in the provision of growth capital to small and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... with Westpac down 14 cents at $29.53, ANZ losing eight cents to $29.07, NAB dropping 11 cents to $29.99, and Commonwealth Bank falling by 34 cents to $71.41.

CBA and HSBC change 'misleading' ads

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and HSBC Bank have changed their advertising for structured products aimed at retail investors after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said they were potentially misleading. CBA's flyer compared ...

Count goes "social" in hunt for accountancy business

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... But more than 50% open them when there is a video," told the over 200 delegates. Count Financial is owned by Commonwealth Bank of Australia

A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Arrrgh! This is becoming so ridiculous it's no longer funny or fun. Bob Dylan must be looking at the 2013 financial markets when he wrote the song 'Blowin' in the Wind' in 1962 and asked, "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?"...or ...

Class Super gains ground in SMSF software race

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... company in 2016. CountPlus is the third institutional investor to put money into Class Super, following the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and AMP Capital. Class Super chief executive Rajarshi Ray said: "The SuperIP board intends to list in 2016, and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... said. "I think it will be a fairly steady day of trading." The market will be eagerly awaiting the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia July board meeting minutes, at 1130 AEST. It's hoped they will give an indication of whether the RBA is likely ...

Former First State Super director joins ACCC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... Corporation. Prior to that, she has held a number of positions in both finance and utility regulation including at the Reserve Bank of Australia and the NSW Treasury. She served as the State part-time Member of the AER between 2010 and 2013 and was a ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... concerned...it coincided with the beginning of the fall...of the Australian dollar that is. This, along with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cut in the official cash rate to a record low 2.75% (7 May) gave domestic investors a warm glow. The RBA ...