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		<title><![CDATA[AXA's phoney war is over]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The phoney war is over. AXA SA and its partner of convenience, AMP, have broken the impasse with AXA Asia Pacific Holdings and this time ensured that directors of the target group have no option but to take their revised offer seriously. The partners have added more than $500 million...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:20:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AMP Lifts AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Bid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ AMP Ltd and France's AXA SA have increased their joint offer for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd AXA APH by 16.4 per cent to $12.85 billion and given the target seven days to accept the bid.AMP together with AXA SA, which was the majority owner of AXA APH, on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris returns to mortgage sector]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yellow Brick Road, which was founded in 2007, has concentrated on financial advice, covering areas such as financial planning, superannuation, tax advice and accounting services. But under a new deal announced on 13 December, the company will offer home loans product financed by Gateway Credit Union. While Bouris was unavailable...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:50:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investor Confidence Improves]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Investor confidence improved for a third straight quarter in the three months to December, having slumped in the first few months of this year, a new report released on Monday showed.The Investment and Financial Services Association IFSA-CoreData Investor Sentiment Index was 7.4 per cent in the December quarter, building...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AMP Appoints MD For New Japan Role]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ AMP Ltd has appointed a managing director for Japan as the superannuation manager and fund manager pursue an overseas expansion plan.AMP Capital Investors, the company's funds management arm, appointed Toshiaki Yamashita as managing director and representative director for Japan."This newly formed role is integral in growing AMP Capital's presence...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:17:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kiwis 'once Again Saving For Retirement']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ New Zealanders are flooding into KiwiSaver and once again saving for their retirement, despite the recession and softened KiwiSaver rules, according to a survey released.The AMP SuperWatch showed saving for retirement has returned to pre-recession levels, with 64 per cent of savers saying they were saving for retirement.Numbers joining...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Super Mandate Would Help Retirees: Study]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A federal government mandate for employers to increase their superannuation guarantee could help Australians avoid poverty in retirement, a report says.The AMP/NATSEM income and wealth report shows Australians expect to spend 20 years in retirement after turning 65 but are only saving for about four years.AMP financial services managing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ridding Penalty Fees Improved Rep: NAB]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ National Australia Bank Ltd NAB chief executive Cameron Clyne says the bank's decision to abolish penalty and other exception fees on some of its accounts has started to improve the bank's reputation.But Mr Clyne said the negative perception of NAB was the result of the bank's past actions and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Global Standards Key For Securities: RBA]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Originators of residential mortgage-backed securities RMBS must continue to focus on transparency and the quality of information provided to investors in selling such assets, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA says.RBA assistant governor for financial markets, Guy Debelle, said the key was good information on asset pool performance, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:54:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fund Managers Agree to Super Fee Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ More than 135 fund managers carrying about $1.1 trillion worth of assets have agreed to new standards that will allow customers to opt out of fees charged for financial advice in their superannuation funds.But the initiative, which is included in the Investment and Financial Services Association's IFSA new charter,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumer groups, super funds and unions urge Government to ban commissions for financial planners]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services is currently conducting an inquiry into financial products and services in Australia, sparked by the collapse of Storm Financial and the loss of billions of dollars by its clients. The issue of commissions has dominated the submissions to the inquiry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:41:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shell NZ Bid at Advanced Stage: Infratil]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Infratil is emphasising it has no need or intention to raise equity to fund its share of a proposed bid for Shell NZ's energy distribution and refining assets.Infratil and the NZ Superannuation Fund have formed a consortium, likely to be 50/50, to buy the Shell assets.At a briefing for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:02:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial brokers sans frontiÃ¨res]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/news-analysis/financial-brokers-sans/19994/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning I presented at a financial planning conference entitled 'The End of Commissions'.But after spending the day chatting to people on the subject, it was only later, while driving home, that I had a moment of revelation: I had missed the point that explains AMP's bid for AXA.What's more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:39:55 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AXA Eyes Asia Growth With Takeover Bid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Corrects per share price in paragraph 13 to A$5.34) By Denny Thomas SYDNEY (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - AXA Asia Pacific rejected a $10.3 billion (6.2 billion pound) bid from parent AXA SA AXAF and Australian rival AMP Ltd AMP on Monday, an initial hurdle for the French insurer's bold ambitions to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:32:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Need to know: Segro sells site ... L'Oreal prettier ... Skype pact]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/news-analysis/segro-sells-site-loreal-prettier/19420/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Inflation: Annual input price inflation for British manufacturers rose at an annual rate of 0.1 per cent in October, the first rise since February. Factory gate inflation also picked up, rising 1.7 per cent on the year in October, up from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:40:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wayne Swan takes aim at high income earners through super tax reform]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a speech delivered yesterday, Swan noted a number of tax reforms that could take place as a result of the review, including a number of "unpopular choices" regarding super tax breaks for high-income earners. Swan said Australians must look to their sense of fairness when it comes to superannuation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:20:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Myer float sinks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INVESTORS in the Myer float lost $205 million yesterday after Australia's biggest public listing in two years fell victim to one of the worst days on the stockmarket since the recovery began in March. Myer's first trade on the Australian Securities Exchange yesterday was executed at $3.88, short of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:34:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stimulus 'worth every cent']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WAYNE Swan has declared his economic stimulus package has saved 200,000 jobs, with the Treasury releasing figures showing the economy is in far better shape than it predicted in May. But the Treasurer refused to scale back stimulus spending, warning that despite the downward revision of predictions on the jobless...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:18:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[KGB TV: Michael Russell]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage Choice CEO Michael Russell tells Business Spectator's Alan Kohler and Stephen Bartholomeusz: Stephen Bartholomeusz: Michael, interest rates are finally on the rise. Has the enthusiasm with which people have approached the first home buyer's grant created a scenario where we could have a real issue in the housing market?...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:36:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mac's strategic move in Canada]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/news-analysis/macs-strategic-move-canada/17663/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MACQUARIE Group is chipping away at its $4 billion war chest with the acquisition of a Canadian retail advisory firm that will help it compete more evenly with the big Wall Street investment banks. The Australian investment bank, which reports its interim results on Friday, revealed yesterday it would pay...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:03:12 -0700</pubDate>
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