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FOFA: Government extends soft-dollar benefit ban to non-super risk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The Federal Government has extended its ban on soft-dollar benefits under the Future of Financial Advice draft legislation announced today. It will now include risk insurance outside of superannuation. The ban, scheduled to go live on July 1, 2012 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... Street and other European equity markets, which finished higher on Friday night after a speech by the head of the US central bank buoyed sentiment. "On Friday, Fed chairman (Ben) Bernanke did not seem inclined to hit the panic button at this stage of ...

AllianceBernstein expands Value Investment team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... Port Jackson Partners, a boutique management consulting firm and as an Institutional Research Sales Executive at Deutsche Bank.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... 9.5 points, or 0.22 per cent, lower at 4,271. NEW YORK - US stocks closed solidly higher on Friday, shrugging off central bank chief Ben Bernanke's "no new stimulus - yet" message and locking on his statement that growth should pick up in the second ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Until the US housing market starts to right itself it's unlikely US consumers are going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... it's well placed to deliver growth despite the global uncertainty. The major banks were higher, with National Australian Bank up 13 cents at $23.20. ANZ was up nine cents at $19.97, Westpac was 17 cents stronger at $20.17 and Commonwealth Bank gained ...

Super funds mindshift imperative

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
The strength of the superannuation industry will come down to a mindshift of super funds, something that is already underway according to financial services software group, IQ Business Group. Super funds have reportedly begun moving towards a member-centric ...

ASX new CEO remains on Tabcorp board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
ASX Limited has appointed Elmer Funke Kupper as its new managing director and chief executive but has permitted its new CEO to remain on the board of his previous employer, Tabcorp. Funke Kupper was appointed non-executive director of Tabcorp during ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
Next stop: Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Lucky we're just a few hours away from the main event for I don't think I could take the suspense much longer. All eyes - or should I say, all ears - will be on US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke from the very ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Australian dollar was slightly lower following poor US jobs data and as the market waits for a speech from the US central bank chairman. At 0700 (AEST) on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.31 US cents, down from 104.56 cents on Thursday. ...