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Modern kids are consumer savvy: CommBank

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
Just when we thought we'd seen the last of those financial literacy surveys, a new study of secondary school students has found half don't understand the word 'debit' while only one-quarter know what the word 'credit' means. But the surprising result ...

Keating laments missed super opportunities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... that after 10 years of policy stagnation it would be a hard battle to bring political parties and stakeholders back to the table. Failure to properly harness the Budget Surpluses to boost national savings would cause Australia to keep sliding down the ...

Future Fund is a government subsidiary: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... the board considers that the new mandate is inconsistent with the basic objectives of the Future Fund it has the right to table a submission to Parliament opposing the change. "This transparency should minimise the risk of politically motivated investments ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
Just released ABS data on sales of new motor vehicles shows an increase in September in seasonally adjusted terms by 3.0 per cent over the August figure. However, sales are still 3 per cent below their level of a year ago. With the ABS tables it can ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... to bank a profit. "I think the market has had a couple of decent runs and people are just taking a bit of money off the table," Mr Anderson said. "It's really only the big resources that are holding up the market at the moment." The US provided a positive ...

IFM in A$5.5bn bid for fourth-largest English and Welsh water supplier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... who industry funds often battle with at retail level in Australia, can work together with when the right deal is on the table. The consortium bid is estimated at A$5.5 billion. According to Rainmaker Information, IFM at end June 2006 had $10 billion ...

It's time to work together: MDRT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
At nearly 80 years of age, the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is still leading the charge for international best practice in financial advice and, excited by what it sees in Australia, it is urging advisers and associations to work together to continue ...

Keating and Sen Chapman to launch AFA conference

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... 29-31 October, also includes a series of special events ranging from young guns, business insurance and million-dollar-round-table breakfasts and awards presentations.

MDRT shifts staff to meet regional focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
As part of a restructure outlined earlier in the year, Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) has announced several staff movements to bring the organisation into line with its new regional focus. Australian chairman, Ross Vanderwolf, will step into a new ...

Big gaps in performance between managers

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... 37.49 per cent. The big spread between managers, however, was in the large cap sector where Fidelity came in top of the table with a 35.30 per cent return, trailed substantially by bottom performer Lazard Select fund with 4.86 per cent returns. Morningstar ...