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Half of adviser practices in poor health: Securitor

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
... proactive, remedial action is taken in the relatively short term, practice owners will find themselves 'paying the piper' though poorer client retention, lack of effective succession planning and lower practice values. Also highlighted was the fall in ...

Life insurance industry under pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... delivers its promises to customers while providing strong competitive offers." Minto said that the return on capital has been poorer in the last two years than expected arising off the back of the Global Financial Crisis period and higher claims and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... and Rio was 89.5 cents, or 1.59 per cent, lower at $55.205. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank was two cents poorer at $23.53, ANZ gave away 12 cents to $22.22 but Commonwealth Bank gained four cents to $53.48 while Westpac was up 15 cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... $31.73 and Rio Tinto had lifted by 45 cents to $56.99. Among the major banks, the National Australia Bank was seven cents poorer at $23.60, ANZ gave away 8.5 cents to $22.415 and Commonwealth Bank surrendered 23 cents to $53.55,. Westpac was the only ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... sectors of the superannuation industry," said O'Connor. "Taking workers' money out of industry funds will make workers poorer and bankers richer. For Mr Abbott to propose this in order to try and score some cheap political points is quite frankly a new ...

AUI winds up High Yield Mortgage Trust

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Australian Unity Investments has begun winding up its High Yield Mortgage Trust following poorer than expected returns to investors in the current investment climate. Investors have already been reimbursed by 48 % of the fund's capital, with the remaining ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... it's having difficulty creating jobs." So China will just have to cut their export prices some more to subsidise their poorer trading partners hit by the "unbalanced recession". And speaking of trouble, my fishpond has sprung a leak. Now that's one big ...

Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Spooner, chief market analyst from CMC Markets said the decline was caused by a reduction in earnings forecasts thanks to a poorer outlook for economic growth. He pointed to the high Australian dollar, the slow resumption of coal exporting following ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... wire," Mr Smith said. "Will they play this right to the end or will common sense prevail? That's my question." Among the poorer performing sectors was energy stocks, down 1.63 per cent according to Iress data, while financials stocks had backpedalled ...

Industry funds, independent platforms stand up for FOFA reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... industry parties lobbying to dilute the announced package," he wrote. "Those pushing these measures, aimed at delivering a poorer system for consumers but a better system for themselves, should expect a counter-response to further strengthen the package." ...