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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
The Australian share market has extended its gains from early trade as investors return to equities on renewed optimism a solution is near at hand on the eurozone debt crisis. The local bourse opened more than one per cent higher on Thursday after Wall ...

FPA reveals advertising impact

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
The Financial Planning Association claims that its $2 million national consumer advertising campaign is already reaping new business for its members thanks to a surge in online activity. Since the campaign, which spans television, print and online was ...

Finsia award nominees announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
The short-list for Finsia's Pinnacle Awards has been announced, which includes most outstanding industry contribution, most outstanding young professional and most outstanding future leader. A panel of senior Financial Services Institute of Australasia ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
European financial markets are happy once more. And at this point in time, when Europe is happy everyone applauds. They're gleeful because there are reports out - again! - that their top moneymen are dangling another carrot, nay the hope for another ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher on Thursday after the major markets in Europe and Wall Street gained overnight. At 0647 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 74 points at 4,009. No major economic ...

AIA Australia scoops Insurance Industry awards

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
AIA Australia has come up trumps at this year's insurance industry awards, scooping a number of prizes for its Priority Protection product range. The life insurance specialist picked up Canstar Cannex 'Outstanding Value' awards for Life Insurance and ...

UBS retains OptiMix as it closes ING IM deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... the progress made so far and are excited about the opportunities now available to us as a business of increased scale," said Ben Heap, head of UBS Global Asset Management, Australia and New Zealand. The acquisition of ING IM makes UBS a top ten player ...

Snowball chief announces exit plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Tony McDonald, chief executive of transitioning planning firm Snowball Financial Group, will leave the company in 12 months but not before spending the year in a new role where he will ready the merged group for industry reforms. The move is part of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
The Australian market has opened higher following a dramatic turnaround on Wall Street in the final 15 minutes of trading. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index is up 66.6 points, or 1.7 per cent, at 3,938.7 and the broader All Ordinaries index is 65.1 points ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... this point in time. I have no other option but to play the cards I've been dealt. And I'm thinking of folding. But wait...Big Ben might still have an ace up his sleeve. He testified last night that, "We have looked very carefully at bank exposures both ...