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Advisers head to Gold Coast for social media conference

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Financial advice professionals will travel to the Gold Coast this weekend to better learn how to make technology work for their businesses. Starting Sunday 3 February, the Adviser Edge conference will put forward the sharpest innovations in financial ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... pointing to more spending ahead. And in case, for whatever reason, the US economy continues to slide, there's always Uncle Ben we can count on. The markets may look like they have run ahead of fundamentals... but the fundamentals are fast catching up. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street and many European bourses overnight with investors still unnerved by US gross domestic figures. Investors were surprised by the US Commerce Department figures showing the world's ...

SFG appoints CIO for Mosaic

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Zurich Financial Services Australia's former head of investments has joined SFG Australia as chief investment officer of its portfolio construction business. SFG Australia said today that Matthew Drennan, who was executive general manager of investments ...

New dealer group boss for IOOF

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
After he oversaw its takeover of financial planning group Plan B, listed wealth Manager IOOF has unveiled Mick Farrell as its new head of dealerships. Yesterday IOOF said Farrell would start as general manager of dealerships from 4 February this year. ...

TAL's Affinia hires for growth plans

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Life insurance group TAL's new risk business Affinia has hired three regional managers to spearhead growth plans, it said yesterday. Affinia said that Jonathon Nguyen, Peter Nielsen and Paul Gaffney would become regional managers, and that each had ...

Funds unlikely to follow HOSTPLUS to PST

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
After HOSTPLUS announced last week that it would potentially let self managed super funds access its investments, fellow industry superannuation funds have denied they have similar plans. CareSuper chief executive Julie Lander said that the idea of ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Australian share market is relatively flat despite a fall on Wall Street overnight. At 1032 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.4 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,894.3, and the broader All Ordinaries index was down 2.9 points ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street after data showed that the US economy contracted in the fourth quarter last year. At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points ...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Indian economy might have had a bad year in 2012 but its stock market continues to soar, outperforming its BRIC counterparts. The Indian economy's growth rate has come down from the double-digit pace recorded in 2010 to a mere 3.2% in the year to ...