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FSP appoints business development chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... business through some recent consulting work and is well qualified to undertake this role," he said. Thomson's role will focus on recruiting new firms, helping existing firms with their recruitment and acquisition needs, and identifying new revenue opportunities ...

Experts pick top stocks and sectors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Financial planners should look towards the mining sector and good value small to mid-cap stocks to boost returns in Australian equities allocations over the next two years, according to industry experts. Craig James, chief equities economist at CommSec ...

Focus on quality: T. Rowe Price

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... Gensler was handpicked by Barack Obama as chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said he would rather focus on stocks that will do well "in two to three years' time", not just during the transition period after the GFC. "I'm positive ...

Matrix adds ETFs to APL

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... 25 and Asia 50. Rick Di Cristoforo, managing director at Matrix Planning Solutions, said the financial planning group's focus is on quality not quantity. "The focus for Matrix is on the outcome or role an investment option can play within a client's ...

No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... 6.30% 20 2007- 4.90% 9.50%(Jun09) 19(?) ? ? # No. of months from end of NBER dated recession to peak in unemployment rate Focus on the day-to-day movement and month-by-month data and risk losing track of the bigger picture. And that is, the trend in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... an encouraging report on the US manufacturing sector helped offset weak news on the labor market. The market appeared to focus on a report showing signs of improvement in the US manufacturing sector in June even though it failed to grow for a 17th straight ...

Malaysia opens doors to foreign fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... unveilled plans to establish a new institution - Ekuiti Nasional Berhad - with an initial capital of $177 million. "Ekuinas will focus its investments in high growth sectors, in line with supporting the New Economic Model," Razak said in website. Ekuinas ...

ASIC flags end-of-year signposts

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
The financial services watchdog ASIC is calling on listed financial services companies to provide more disclosure on their 'going concern' assumptions, asset valuations and hedging arrangements when they file their 30 June 2009 financial reports. Following ...

Towers Perrin merges with Watson Wyatt

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... locations including North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Latin America. The firm will focus on three segments; benefits, talent and rewards and risk and financial services. The statement said the merger would create ...

The quest for independent advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... compared to the UK through the Financial Services Reforms (FSR) in 2004. In addition, many of the advice services in the UK focus around endowment contracts and selling life insurance products while Australia has a more mature "holistic" advice operation ...