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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to fall after German and French officials lowered expectations for a deal to save the euro at this week's European summit. At 0823 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was eight points lower at ...

Merger and new CEO for FMD

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Two FMD Group independent planning practices are set to merge with news that FMD Financial and Reynolds Williams and Associates will merge on December 1. Former Perpetual Private Wealth executive, Lee Wapling, will head up the firm. The FMD Group has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
The Australian dollar rose following the release of data showing the national economy grew strongly in the September quarter. The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday released the national accounts for the September quarter, revealing growth ...

PJC: Government needs to re-think payday reforms

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
The Government's proposed reforms aimed at tightening controls over payday lenders need to be reassessed, the Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has found. On 22 September 2011, the House of Representatives referred the Consumer ...

ASIC cancels two financial services licences

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
ASIC is continuing its crackdown of the financial services industry with the cancellation of two more licenses. Melbourne-based FP Investment Partners lost its licence for not making sure that the proper arrangements were in place for the management ...

AXA IM to expand responsible investment focus

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
AXA Investment Managers is stepping up its focus on responsible investing with plans to expand its five-strong global team and build on research in the sector in the New Year. The asset management firm believes growth in investment funds directed into ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Australian shares remain well over one per cent higher at noon with political progress in Italy and stronger commodity prices boosting investor sentiment. At 1220 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 59.8 points, or 1.39 per cent, at 4,353.6 ...

Forum: Women driving change

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Cracks are showing in the so-called glass ceiling that keeps women from rising up the corporate ladder, but there is still a long way to go. That was the message from senior female executives in the wealth management industry at the Women Driving Change ...

DKN and Lonsdale heads leave and form BT advice unit

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
Just three weeks after leaving DKN, former chief executive Phil Butterworth, will head up a new BT advice unit along with three executives from the newly-acquired firm, including Butterworth's replacement, Mario Modica. In an email to fund managers ...

Tyndall appoints new head of institutional

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
Tyndall AM has finished its final round of senior appointments after it named former CFSGAM and Perpetual senior head, Matt Russell, as head of institutional business. Russell was previously head of institutional business development and consultant ...