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GSAM builds third party distribution team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has expanded its third party distribution team with the appointment of former Waratah's rugby player Ben Daly as key account manager for New South Wales and Queensland. This follows the appointment of Jessica Jones ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... closing high, rising 0.19 per cent to 1,617.50 as the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.03 per cent. Shares in troubled Gold Coast-based surfwear retailer Billabong are in a trading halt ahead of an update about a potential $287 million takeover by ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... finished 0.89 per cent higher and the S&P500 closed 0.94 per cent firmer. Futures contract price for key commodities such as gold, copper and oil also settled firmer in New York trade. Those gains helped push BHP up 24 cents to $32.03 and Rio 83 cents ...

Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education award

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... interview with state winners will be held in early September and the final winner will be announced at the AFA Conference on the Gold Coast, between the 13 and 15 of October. The award recognises the commitment and excellence of advisers in their practice ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... per cent, to $3.45. Newcrest Mining, the nation's largest goldminer, has shed 39 cents, or 2.32 per cent, to $16.42 despite gold prices recovering. The four major banks are all lower after three of them reached record intra-day highs on Tuesday. National ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... global miner BHP Billiton was $1.02, or 3.22 per cent, higher at $32.72; Rio Tinto was up $1.85, or 3.38 per cent, at $56.53. Gold miner Newcrest had surged $1.12, or 6.8 per cent, to $17.58. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank was 11 cents ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... Kansas any more...We must be over the rainbow!" -Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) And if not, we're surely on our way...and a pot of gold awaits (the metaphorical one of course, not the metal that's now in a bear market). Forget the daily servings of eco stats ...

Challenger appoints Clarke as insto general manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
Challenger has appointed Michael Clarke as its new general manager, institutional business development and strategic alliances. Reporting to chief executive of distribution, product and marketing Paul Rogan, Clarke will be driving Challenger's domestic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... central bank and finance chiefs in Washington. Investors seemed to brush off a second straight loss on Wall Street, while gold prices climbed after hitting two-year lows earlier in the week. Tokyo rose 0.73 per cent, or 96.41 points, to 13,316.48, Seoul ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... biases we have. It just takes a short walk down the very short memory lane to see this. Monday: S&P 500 tumbled 2.3% following gold's biggest dive in 33 years, disappointment that China only grew 7.7% in the first quarter when most expected an 8.0% print ...