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Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates firm last night at 5.25 per cent after 17 consecutive rate increases since June 2004, a result of rising energy and labour costs. The June quarter data showed that the annualised pace of growth halved to 2.5 ...

Tyndall announces new COO

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
Tyndall Investment Management has appointed a former CommInsure manager as the group's new chief operating officer. Brad Clarke's role will include overseeing compliance, risk management, revenue budgeting, managing key service relationships as well ...

Past performance is misleading advertising: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned investment funds about using past performance as part of advertising or promotional material, singling out a recent advertising campaign by BT Financial Group. In issuing its warning ...

Bluestone making aged care bonds affordable

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
Bluestone Equity Release has launched a new product to assist retirees in funding residential aged care accommodation bonds by using the equity in their family homes, while also resisting any rise to its fixed-for-life product despite last week's 25 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
In response to widespread community concerns about the cost of fuel the Federal Government is considering offering a $1,000 subsidy to motorists willing to convert to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) which is estimated to cost about $1 billion a year. ...

IOOF's head of retail funds departs

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
IOOF's head of retail funds management, Jarrod Brown, resigned from the group yesterday, only a week after media reports that the group had suspended four of its senior executives while an accounting investigation took place. IOOF chief executive officer ...

Daily economic update

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In its quarterly monetary policy statement last Friday the RBA hinted that further rate increases in the near term were still a possibility because of the buoyancy of the housing market, where it said that conditions had picked up in the first six months ...

Soft skills should be a priority: Zurich

Risk services provider Zurich Financial Services Australia has said that while many financial planners are busy earning CPD points for improving their industry knowledge they should also spare some time for working on their 'soft skills' to better serve ...

Legacy product solution on its way

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
The issue of product rationalization is "firmly on the government's radar" and a policy will be finalized before the end of the year, according to a Treasury delegate, who addressed attendees at the IFSA annual conference last Friday. Manager for the ...

ASIC fends off non-complying share offer

Financial services watchdog ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Captain Cook Cruises subsidiary, Fendwave, which provided unsolicited offers to prospective investors using documents that contravened the Corporations Act. ASIC has investigated ...