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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after negative leads from Wall Street in securities, metals and oil, although gold was higher. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 42 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
The Australian share market was over one and a half per cent higher at noon, led by a surge in the mining sector. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index was up 59.6 points, or by 1.6 per cent, at 3783, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 57.5 ...

AMP posts strong super and risk flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
AMP recorded around $2 billion in net cashflows to the firm's superannuation and pension business last year and announced a focus on simpler, transparent products in the long term. AMP Financial Services' net cashflows were up $81 million in the first ...

Salisbury beats FP recruitment targets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
The Salisbury Group is on target to exceed the dealer group's recruitment target of 16 financial advisers for the financial year. The boutique dealer group recruited 15 financial advisers since the beginning of the financial year, four of those since ...

AXA names top adviser

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
Newcastle based financial planner, Paul Howden, has won AXA's national annual adviser award, the Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy. Howden joined AXA 16 years ago as a paraplanner in Newcastle before becoming a salaried financial planner two years later. ...

Bull market on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
Wall Street paused. Wall Street is refreshed and ready for more climbing. Wall Street is back after taking a breather over the past three days, reversing some of the losses incurred since the start of the week. The S&P 500 index gained more than one ...

More than just insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
Advisers must continuously improve their soft skills particularly at a time when their clients are not only seeking advice on investments but also around insurance and claims. David Dow, manager learning design and development of AXA Australia, said ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
The Australian share market was more than two and a half per cent lower at noon, with concerns about the stability of the US economy dragging the market down. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index slumped 110.4 points lower, or by 2.86 per cent, at 3745.7 ...

AMIST offers fee-for-service advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
The $685 million Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) has rolled out a fee-for-service financial advice service to its members. AMIST launched the service in March following increasing member demand for tailored advice and selected ...

Aviva targets SME market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... ultimately insurance may not be a solution. We're really keen to position those advisers as project managers of an SME contingency plan," he said He said the SME market represented a significant opportunity for financial advisers. "We talk about the ...