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Still time to register for FICAP

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... the first time, three of last year's Platinum sponsors have returned and 18 financial services firms have come on board as Gold Sponsors. Challenger cited industry wide participation as the reason behind it upgrading its support this year. "Giving back ...

Pepper acquires Spanish loan business Celeris

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
Mortgage lender Pepper Group announced today an agreement to acquire Spanish consumer loan business Celeris. The acquisition includes a portfolio of approximately 164,000 performing consumer loans and a small non performing loan book, which represents ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... NSW, Victoria and Tasmania could cost the company up to $175 million. IAG was down four cents at $5.15. The spot price of gold in Sydney was at $US1,666.70 per fine ounce, down $US5.33 from Friday's local close of $US1,672.03 per ounce. National turnover ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... added 10 cents, or 0.36 per cent, to $28.06 while, ANZ put on 18 cents, or 0.65 per cent, to $27.69. In the resources sector, gold miner Newcrest's shares added an impressive 79 cents, or 3.38 per cent, despite announcing on Friday that its first half ...

ETF entrepreneur donates generously to uni

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... well as academic promise. Canberra-born Tuckwell is the founder of ETF Securities and is responsible for bringing the first gold and oil ETFs to the market. Tuckwell said part of his motivation behind the generous donation was to ensure his children ...

Banks raise $15bn in wholesale markets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Based on strong underlying appetite for Australian bank paper and improved wholesale funding costs - significantly below the rates they're willing to pay for term deposits - total funds raised by major Australian banks in the wholesale markets just ...

Super funds get serious about social media

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... But it doesn't pay to focus on risk at the expense of innovation." Talking at the AdviserEdge Social Media Summit on the Gold Coast 2 to 5 February, keynote speaker Tony Vidler from Strictly Business reminded delegates that brand management is all about ...

Distilling the 'why' unlocks social media success

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... take the time to do what he calls 'distilling the why'. Speaking at the inaugural AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit on the Gold Coast yesterday, Battye told delegates that it's only once they truly understand why they do what it is they do, that they'll ...

Social media a counter-balance to info overload

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... conference host and Social Adviser founder conveyed to delegates attending day two of the AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday. One of Gardner's main aims over the three day event is to help delegates ...

Social media anything but rocket science

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... Gardner conference host and Social Adviser on Day One of the inaugural AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit which kicked off on the Gold Coast yesterday. Over the next three days, Gardner promised to leave the 250-plus financial advisers attending the Summit ...