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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed lead from offshore markets. Wall Street closed higher and futures contract prices for copper and oil firmed, but gold and silver prices eased. At 0747 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Maritime Super backs internal admin for merged fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Maritime Super chief executive, Peter Robertson, believes the administration of the proposed merger between the fund and Auscoal Super would run more efficiently on an internal system, instead of an outsourced provider. Auscoal Super and Maritime Super ...

MLC to drop Aviva insurance brand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... paramount. "There's a lot of talk about MLC and where MLC is wanting to go with the insurance business. Certainly if you talk to Steve Tucker, he'll tell you that one of the areas that we need to improve on is service." He explained that MLC understood ...

Maritime and Auscoal Super in merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Maritime Super is in merger talks with coal community industry fund Auscoal Super to create an $8 billion-plus fund. The Maritime Union of Australia confirmed that Maritime Super, which had around $3 billion in assets at the end of March according to ...

Drunk futures broker banned

FSA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
A UK oil futures broker has been banned from the local financial services industry for five years and fined $126,000 for manipulating the market by trading huge volumes of oil contracts after a weekend bender. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) ...

Accountants boost AU planner business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... clients to Australian Unity planners and mortgage brokers. General manager of Australian Unity Personal Financial Services, Steve Davis, said the growth is expected to accelerate in the next year as the firm deploys additional resources into the accountant ...

Cbus CONNECT merger goes ahead

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... transitioning to a single entity over the next three months. "There is a natural fit for the two funds coming together," Cbus chair Steve Bracks said. CONNECT chairman Mac Russell also welcomed the agreement. He also congratulated chief executives Sean ...

ITM and Sequential partner for service

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... provide our clients with end-to-end solutions for the strategic and operational components of their major projects," said Steve Shoreson, managing director at ITM. In a previous Financial Standard article, Sequential managing director Adrian Johnstone ...

Insurance broker gets permanent ban

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
ASIC has permanently banned insurance broker Steven James Ker of Palmyra, Western Australia, from providing financial services. The banning follows an ASIC investigation into Ker's conduct as an authorised representative dealing in general insurance ...

Guardian launches wrap platform

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... limit in super of either $25,000 or $50,000, depending on their age, are looking for alternative investment platforms," said Steve Browning, executive manager at Guardian Financial Planning. "Early feedback from our advisers is this will be a boon for ...