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James Blackshaw joins St.George Private Clients as State Head QLD and WA

From St George Private Clients

Rebecca Lim, General Manager St.George Private Clients, today announced the appointment of James Blackshaw as State Head QLD and WA. James joins St.George Private Clients from Bank West Private Banking... Read more continue reading

03 Nov 2010

Reserve Bank takes a punt

From Craig James - Commsec

Reserve Bank Board meeting For the first time in six months the Reserve Bank has elected to increase official interest rates, lifting the cash rate by 25 basis points to... Read more continue reading

02 Nov 2010

Tame inflation; Manufacturing orders sink

From Savanth Sebastian - CommSec

Inflation gauge; Weekly Petrol Price, PMI, House Price Index The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute monthly inflation gauge rose by 0.3 per cent in October after lifting 0.1 per cent in September,... Read more continue reading

01 Nov 2010

Russell launches income funds to capture dividend resurgence and strong Aussie bond yields

From Russell Investments

High demand for dividends as income drives greater proportion of returns Australian bonds attractive due to good yields and quality issuers Russell Investments has today launched two income-based multi-manager funds... Read more continue reading

01 Nov 2010

Shorten shows he’s listening

From AFA - Association of Financial Advisers

Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation has already demonstrated that he is a true advocate of the financial services industry, focused on ensuring that the... Read more continue reading

01 Nov 2010

QE2 not fazing investors

From Chad Padowitz – Wingate

“Print, baby, print” echoes the chorus of economists, investors and currency speculators worldwide. The strong possibility the US will create more money out of thin air has led to a... Read more continue reading

29 Oct 2010

Weekly market & economic update: 29 October 2010

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Headline developments of the past week US GDP grew an annualised 2% in the September quarter, which was right in line with market expectations. Clearly the US economy has not... Read more continue reading

29 Oct 2010

Jane Watts to lead Westpac Private Bank

From Kate Gorman - BT Financial Group

Brad Cooper, BT Financial Group’s Chief Executive, today announced the appointment of Jane Watts to General Manager of Westpac Private Bank. Ms Watts joins Westpac Private Bank from her most... Read more continue reading

29 Oct 2010

Budget deficit soars to record high

From Craig James - Commsec

Federal budget The underlying budget deficit hit a record high of $63.3 billion in the twelve months to September 2010, indicating that the Government has plenty of work to do... Read more continue reading

29 Oct 2010

Lonsec releases 2010 Alternative Income Sector Review

From Libby Newman - Lonsec

Lonsec has released its 2010 Australian Alternative Income Sector Review, which consisted of 21 funds encompassing Alternative Income and Alternative Income (High). Of these, two Alternative Income funds received a... Read more continue reading

28 Oct 2010

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