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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... common currency was at 103.04 yen compared with 103.03 yen. The dollar was at 76.65 yen, from 76.69 yen. With the ECB's bank plan easing eurozone tension, dealers turned to the United States, where the government is due later Friday to release key jobs ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Wake up people, there's no time to let Monday-itis get the better of us - especially not this Monday. Not when there's news a -plenty to digest. There's good news to stir the animal spirits among the bulls... bad news to keep the bears on the pounce... ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Australian shares rose by almost two per cent, boosted by investors' confidence that a Greek default would not extend beyond Europe. The local market opened more than one per cent firmer on Friday, following strong European and US leads after a tranche ...

Financial planners reluctant to sell up despite uncertain times

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
There's been a massive drop in the number of financial planners looking to sell their practices, despite uncertainty surrounding the implementation of the Future of Financial Advice reforms and the state of the economy. That's according to industry ...

Advice boutique gets image shake-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Asteron-aligned dealer group Guardian has shed 'financial planning' from its title in a bid to shake-up the company's brand on its 10th anniversary. Guardian Advice, formerly known as Guardian Financial Planning, said the brand had become "tired" and ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
While big ticket items like the GST, Carbon Tax and Mining Tax may not have been up for discussion, there was still plenty to talk about for the wealth management industry as Government heads and industry leaders gathered at the 2011 Tax Forum. Treasurer ...

Action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... stock markets surged, boosted by another strong performance on Wall Street and hopes European leaders will come together to plan a route out of the region's sovereign debt crisis. Sentiment was also lifted by better-than-expected economic data out of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said investors retained their optimism that European leaders were preparing a plan to prevent the eurozone debt crisis spreading overseas. "Quite clearly, the markets are much more comfortable with the ...

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... international equities product by the end of the year followed by a fixed income fund in the first quarter of 2012. Beyond that, the plan is to launch an Islamic based superannuation fund with Crescent Wealth estimating that Islamic investing in Australia ...