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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar surged to an eight-week high after European leaders surprised markets and reached a breakthrough to resolve the eurozone debt crisis. Eurozone leaders announced on Thursday (European time) a plan to shore up their bailout facility ...

Mortgage funds to rise post-govt guarantee

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Mortgage funds will soon be a favourite for investors and advisers if market conditions remain the same and once the bank guarantee is reduced, according to investment group, Equity Trustees. A mortgage fund will be the attractive alternative to term ...

Govt infra paper opens investment doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
The Government has announced plans to remove tax disincentives and encourage more private investment in infrastructure projects in a bid to entice investments into the local market. As stated in a discussion paper on the 2011-12 Budget measure introducing ...

AMP Financial Services posts strong results

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
AMP Financial Services has recorded strong results with a 21% increase in platform growth for its 2011 third quarter results and a 24% rise in superannuation product, AMP Flexible Super. Announced today by AMP Limited, AMP Financial Services assets ...

Zurich launches Android app

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Australian life insurer Zurich has launched an Android app, which the company said reflects the growing number of smartphones and tablets using the Android platform. The app is an Android version of LifeXpress Mobile, Zurich's quoting and field underwriting ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Poor super fund returns due the worldwide share slump continue to highlight how traditional super fund design is all about accumulation while neglecting the main objective of retirement income. "We've built an accumulation system, we haven't built a ...

ASIC accepts Commonwealth Financial Planning EU

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
ASIC today announced it has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFP) following an investigation into the provision of advice by some of its financial advisers. CFP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the ...

MacMillan wins AFA Adviser of the Year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
West Australian financial planner, Troy MacMillan, has taken out the top gong at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) annual conference and been named Adviser of the Year for 2011. The award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia ...

Plan B appoints new group executive, product and distribution

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
Boutique wealth management firm Plan B Group Holdings has appointed Paul Cramer as group executive, product and distribution, as part of its overall expansion strategy. Based in Perth, Cramer will lead the firm in wealth management (advice) product ...

Asia growth to transform business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
Australian investors need to move on from just talking about China and India's economic rise and start gaming out what it specifically means for their portfolios and what the business threats and opportunities will be. Dr Anil K. Gupta, an emerging ...