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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... exchange, the June share price index was 111 points higher at 5,706 on a volume of 15,130 contracts. ABN Amro Morgans Brisbane private client adviser Craig Walker said the strong lead from Wall Street has boosted the local market, particularly the financials. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... share price index contract was 79 points lower at 5346 on 11,173 contracts. Director of equities at ABN Amro Morgans Brisbane, Bill Chatterton, said the market had dropped following a weak lead from the US overnight. "It's down across the board," he ...

Sherry overhauls award system

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... An important component of this safety net is the award system," said Senator Sherry at yesterday's CMSF conference in Brisbane. "The Government intends to modernise and simplify the award system to protect workers' conditions," he said. Senator Sherry ...

Property before super: IPSOS

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... super, new research shows many name property as their preferred retirement savings plan. Speaking at a CMFS conference in Brisbane yesterday, research house IPSOS executive director Nicole Torkar said 79 per cent of Australians knew very little or nothing ...

Governance before crisis

... at all costs, says a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Brisbane yesterday, University of Sydney academic Mike Rafferty said governance issues tended to emerge when a crisis or scandal has ...

Tranzact grabs 60pc stake in Total Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... shareholder returns," said the firm. Total Super is an independent SMSF administration and compliance service provider based in Brisbane. The firm presently has around 20 employees and provides education and technical assistance to intermediaries as ...

ASIC closes Risqy Forex scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane to close an illegal managed investment scheme involving $14.5 million being operated by unregistered New Zealand-based Risqy ...

Zurich ramps up sales

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... years as a business development manager for Zurich. MacKay was also a certified financial planner for eight years in the Brisbane region before working as a BDM. Drennan confirms that Zurich Investments is on the lookout for personnel to expand the firm's ...

Super promoter faces trial

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
Queensland-based Richard Clayton Jackson Sharland, a promoter of a superannuation rollover scheme, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrate Court yesterday to stand trial on a date to be fixed on 22 charges laid by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Finsia opens doors to experts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... offer is the opportunity for access to someone outside of that organisation," Blum said. A pilot program was formed in Brisbane to trial the concept before developing it further. "We received good testimonials from both the mentor and those being mentored ...