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Advisers graduate Synchron boot camp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
Advisers got dirty, sweaty and splattered with paintball shots at Synchron's Next Gen training course that yielded 14 new recruits to the firm's adviser base. "We've identified that younger advisers are a different creature in their training needs to ...

First stop baby boomers, next stop Gen-Y

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
The way to the baby boomers' wallets is through their Gen-Y kids, said Bernard Salt, a leading commentator on consumer, cultural and demographic trends. "Generation Y will inherit baby boomer wealth. The motherload is not going to happen for another ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
The Australian share market was higher at noon, following a more solid performance on Wall Street overnight and higher commodities prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.42 per cent, or 77.2 points, to 5547.5, while the broader ...

Food shortages put farmers in box seat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Farmers may at last be in the box seat with even the IMF now warning about a world food shortage, but rather than complaining about high food prices a better solution might be paying farmers reasonable prices for their produce. The world food shortage ...

Adviser gets community service

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
A former Progressive Investment Securities financial adviser has been sentenced to 250 hours community service for giving unlawful advice. Mohammad Zareei of Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, was sentenced by the Sydney District Court to 250 hours community ...

New appointments at AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
AXA Australia has appointed Chris Matlock to national development manager and Rory Toal to national manager of dealer-to-dealer service provider, Jigsaw. Matlock will spearhead AXA's national practice recruitment targets and will be looking to recruit ...

Adviser charged on $48k theft

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Perth financial adviser Annemieke De Boer was yesterday sentenced to one year imprisonment and suspended for two years after pleading guilty to stealing $48,000 from a former client. The sentence was the result of a joint investigation conducted by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight. Resource stocks may decline after commodity prices fell overnight, however. At 0706 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract ...

Climate change rhetoric unsustainable

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The reaction to the proposed plastic bag levy and expected energy price rises due to having to pay for carbon output shows Australia may not be as committed to sustainability as we claim to be. Australia is the nation which has the most signatories ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher according to the March SPI futures index, and after New York staged a late rally to come back from falls that followed the Bear Sterns fire sale. In London overnight, base metals were significantly ...