CommSec: Lending near 5-year low; Credit cards shunned

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Lending finance; Credit & debit card statistics Lending slides again. Total lending finance fell for the third time in four months, dropping by 3.8 per cent in April to near

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BT Future2 Wheel Classic: financial planners get on their bikes for charity

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2011 BT Future2 Wheel Classic opens for registrations   A former Chair of the FPA and one of the leading lawyers to the financial services industry are in training to

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Rider information and registration: BT Future2 Wheel Classic, 7-16 September 2011

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Cyclist registration and information   Reproduced with the permission Reed Business Information x The BT Future2 Wheel Classic is the initiative of Future2 founding trustees Ray Griffin and Peter Bobbin.

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S&P:’New’ ratings Russell After Tax and Income Shares Funds

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S&P Rates Russell Australian After Tax Fund As Four Stars And Russell Enhanced Income Shares Fund As Three Stars   Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its four-star ‘NEW’

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Zurich sells Lonsec to Financial Research Holdings

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Financial Research Holdings and Zurich today announced the sale of Zurich subsidiary Lonsec Limited, a leading research and stock broking business, to Financial Research Holdings. x A spokesman for Financial

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LGsuper appoints Decimal to move limited advice online

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QLD super fund among growing list of Decimal industry partners Leading Queensland local government fund LGsuper has selected Decimal to help drive a technology-based solution in support of fund members requiring single-issue

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The rise and rise of new IPOs in Asia, and Asian investors

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Who would have thought – investing in Asia might soon give investors access to European and US companies. Some of Europe and America’s most prestigious companies are shunning the well-established

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The changing face of the risk environment

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Direct Risk the big winner as industry ‘comes of age’ According to Rice Warner Actuaries’ latest Direct Life Insurance Report, Australia’s direct life market has experienced growth over the past

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Emerging Resources Company Share Fund ranked 4th by Morningstar

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The Emerging Resources Company Share Fund managed by boutique equity fund manager E.I.M. Capital Managers celebrated its fifth anniversary at the end of April. It achieved a 15.8% pa return over

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AMP Capital appoints Global Head of Infrastructure

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AMP Capital Investors today announced Scott Davies has been appointed as AMP Capital’s new Global Head of Infrastructure, effective July 2011. This comes after Phil Garling, AMP Capital’s current Global Head

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