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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The Australian market has opened weaker with investors abandoning risk averse mining stocks. The local opening follows falls on international markets overnight after unexpectedly weak euro zone economic data and disappointing Chinese figures. At 1027 ...

FOFA passing causes industry division

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The Future of Financial Advice legislation has successfully passed through the House of Representatives to very mixed reactions from the wealth management industry. Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten called the legislation "historic reforms" ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Looks like investors are again getting the hippy, hippy shake. Yes, Virginia, investors are seemingly unsure which way to go from here. Continue gobbling (stocks) or start wobbling. You'll get that same feeling when you look at Wall Street's performance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets overnight after unexpectedly weak euro zone economic data and disappointing Chinese figures. The federal opposition has vowed to repeal government legislation that ...

FSC: Government drops opt-in requirement

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
The Financial Services Council has accused the government of "walking away" from the "centrepiece" of the FOFA reforms by dropping the opt-in requirement for advisers. The FSC said it was responding to FOFA amendments tabled in parliament today, maintaining ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has defied negative offshore leads and a flat opening to post slight gains by noon. At 1217 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.6 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 4,275.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

JBWere partners with Swiss bank

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
JBWere has entered into a partnership with family-owned Swiss private bank Lombard Odier to deliver international trading capabilities. Available to investors in Australia and New Zealand with more than $1 million to invest, the partnership allows JBWere ...

Inaugural responsible investing platform launched

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
Advisers heard about the rising standards for UNPRI signatories and responsible investing at the official launch of Australia's first responsible investing platform. The Emerald Wrap is a non-aligned platform that promotes values based advice and is ...

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
A proposal in the US by the Securities Exchange Commission, to effectively regulate money market mutual funds as if they were banks, has triggered a storm of outrage with claims it could destroy sections of the investment industry. The proposals to ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
There seems to be a sense of calm in the financial markets these days. An eerie calm that makes one wonder what lies inside investors' heads. And usually times like these - times when the market is consolidating - they suggest that the market may have ...