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New Fortnum advice business targeting accountants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
Independently-owned advisory firm Fortnum Financial Group has launched a new business targeting accountants aiming to become licenced to provide financial advice. Fortnum Professional Strategies will provide class of product licensing as well as education ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
"Clearly the most surprising feature of the Survey was the sharp jump in business conditions in October (the largest monthly increase in the history of the survey)." This was the first sentence in the 'Key Points' of the NAB Monthly Business Survey ...

Gold Coast advice firm enters EU over misleading ads

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Gold Coast-based financial planning and property management business Equanimity Concepts has entered into an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The regulator found that from January 2012 to ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
hanghai and Hong Kong's equity markets stood out yesterday. The Shanghai composite index surged by 2.3% and the Hang Seng index gained more than 0.8% despite renewed anxiety over a China slowdown ignited by price data showing that consumer price inflation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0823 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of ...

Zurich promotes Australian CEO, names new local head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... will be based in Hong Kong. Replacing Morgan as chief executive of the life and investments business in Australia, will be Tim Bailey, currently chief risk officer (CRO) for Zurich's global life business. Bailey has experience in the Zurich Group in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is lower as investors sell out of the major banks. CMC markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said Westpac, which was trading ex-dividend on Monday, was the biggest drag on the bourse. "Bank ex-dividends are part ...

Australian Catholic Super names new CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (ACSRF) has named its new chief investment officer following the announcement of the retirement of Anne Whittaker. Whittaker's replacement is Michael Block, the current chief investment officer ...

ING low-fee super hits $1bn mark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
ING DIRECT Living Super has reached the $1 billion funds under management milestone two years after entering the Australian market. Launched in 2012 as a direct-to-customer offering, Living Super's balanced option charges members no administration or ...

First Super to vote against CBA board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
First Super will vote against the re-election of two Commonwealth Bank (CBA) board members who served during the bank's financial advice scandal. The fund will use its vote at the forthcoming CBA annual general meeting on November 12 and will oppose ...