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Cracks appearing in Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Inflation, falls in retail confidence and employment wobbles are leading to housing market worries across Europe. KBC Asset Management's latest world market analysis reveals that the euro area has held up reasonably well in the past few months and even ...

Trust banks on fiduciary after BNY sale

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Trust Company Limited received a $14 million profit injection from the sale of its 50 per cent stake in BNY Trust Australia - paving the way for Trust to focus more on its fiduciary roots. Trust Company Limited sold its share of BNY Trust Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was slightly in the red at noon after virtually flatlining in morning trade amid ongoing concern for Babcock & Brown's debt woes. At 1208 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.8 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 5,361.3 ...

Austock launches planning arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Austock Group branches out of stockbroking and into financial planning after poaching three former Ord Minnett Financial Planning advisers to join the group. Austock Financial Planning will open for business on June 16 after five former Ord Minnett ...

Fin advice satisfaction down

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Clients are showing a small decrease in satisfaction with the advice they are receiving from their financial planners, new research shows. The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index decreased slightly from 74.3 six months ago to 73.2 in June. ...

Russell launches integrated super banking account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Russell Investment Group and ANZ have teamed up to provide a one stop shop superannuation, pension and banking product that allows pensioners to stay in the zero tax threshold while harnessing the flexibility of their ATM account. The Russell Private ...

Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Infrastructure has traditionally hovered at the outskirts of mainstream asset classes - but industry players are now putting more money into the sector as investors seek a safe haven from poor returns. According to RARE Infrastructure, institutional ...

Australia gets Chinese QDII status

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Australian financial services operators will now get direct access to Chinese domestic investment funds after Australia was approved as an official investment destination under the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) scheme. The QDII scheme ...

RM advisers break through 1000 barrier

There are now more than 1000 reverse mortgage consultants (RMCs) accredited through the Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) Australia-wide network of 'trusted advisors'. The jump in the numbers of RMCs is in response to ...

Value of investment housing loans apps up 1.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Surging rental demand combined with damp house prices might finally be attracting more cashed-up investor capital into the housing market. According to the April 2008 Housing Finance figures just released by the ABS, while the value of owner occupied ...