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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... a global rally, as financial shares fell for the first time in three days on growing skepticism that the Federal Reserves plan to buy bonds will revive the economy. In afternoon trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 80.37 points, or 1.07 per cent ...

FPSA to recruit more advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
Financial Planning Services Australia is looking to grow the number of practices under the FPSA umbrella to 50 and recruit 33 more advisers by year's end. FPSA, which has $1.4 billion in funds under advice, is looking to add 21 new practices and add ...

Battle of the super brands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... trust often hinges on utility - for instance how a super fund can offer better performance, price, reporting, clarity or a plan for the future. "The industry funds are actually hitting the market. Forty one per cent who saw it felt better [about] an ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... Commonwealth Bank added 21 cents to $32.91 after it said it had raised $865 million from its investors under a share purchase plan. National Australia Bank added 21 cents to $19.40, Westpac found 35 cents at $18.09 and Macquarie Group was up $1.06, or ...

Restrict 'adviser' term: AFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called upon Treasury to restrict the term 'adviser' to those that are regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and comply with the Corporations Act. "The problem at the ...

Fresh mint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... Or if you want to spread your risk and diversify, a combination of countries in each continent. The US Federal Reserve put plan into action last night, voting unanimously to go to press - printing press that is. With the fed funds rate at an historic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street shares rallied after the Federal Reserve announced its plan to buy $US1 trillion ($A1.51 trillion) of bonds in a bid to pull the US economy out of a severe recession. At 0647 AEDT ...

Perpetual buys Financial Pursuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Perpetual expands its private wealth arm when it bought Financial Pursuit, a Sydney-based planning firm with $200 million of funds under advice (FUA). The acquisition increases Perpetual Private Wealth's total funds under advice by three per cent to ...

NGS Super targets female fin lit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
NGS Super has revamped its website targeting women members as part of a financial literacy campaign. "There is naturally a strong focus on financial education, particularly for women, who make up about 70 per cent of membership. This starts right on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street shares rallied on Tuesday following a surprise jump in US housing starts. Gold, silver and copper prices were weaker, while oil was higher. At 0741 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures ...