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MFS appoints head of platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
MFS has appointed Ross Cartwright head of platforms it was announced today. Based in Sydney, Cartwright will focus on platform development and sales in Australia and N8ew Zealand in addition to liaising with research houses. His appointment follows ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
"European Stocks Fall as Metals Slide; Yen Drops on G-20 Meeting" (Bloomberg) "European shares fall for 3rd day, Carlsberg leads market lower" (Reuters) "Metals dip, European shares mixed" (Australian Financial Review) "European Stocks Drop" (Wall Street ...

Oil price spike won't spoil Aussie equity party

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
While the rising oil price might make some investors worry about the sustainability of the global economy, Perpetual Investment's head of investment market research, Matt Sherwood, says Australian businesses should be more insulated. Rainmaker chief ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed mixed and Europe's main stock markets retreated as the Group of 20 finance ministers met amid growing talk of "currency wars". At 0631 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index ...

MLC appoints head of Platform Sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
MLC has appointed Damian Holland as head of Platform Sales to drive strategy and alignment with the platform product team through to sales support. Holland's announcement follows a new account manager strategy that MLC introduced in 2012. The new strategy ...

ANZ reports 6.2% cash profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
ANZ has reported a first quarter cash profit of $1.53 billion, up 6.2% on the same period last year. Net profit meanwhile, which includes one-off expenses, was down 20% on last year to $1.36 billion. The cash profit rise was attributed to volume growth ...

Simple diversification better than 'smart beta'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
keep your investments diverse and stay the course. That is the advice from Vanguard's chief economist in Europe, on the best way to design portfolios to adapt to the economics woes gripping the euro zone. Dr Peter Westaway explained how probable different ...

Beans means Buffet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Buffet buys beans (and ketchup) maker. I think this about sums up the major event of last night. Wall Street liked it. It closed on the up after a down opening buffeted (pardon the pun, or is this a pun?) by news of continuing contraction in the economies ...

Stop using super as political pawn: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Commonwealth Bank boss Ian Narev has urged politicians from both sides of the aisle not to use superannuation as a political pawn in the run up to the Federal election. "It is absolutely critical that we have a long-term position and certainty in superannuation," ...

Citibank appoints head of credit acceptance

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Citi has appointed Joanne Breuer as the head of credit acceptance for both secured and unsecured lending in the retail banking business in Australia, Citibank. She will report to Vasu Rao, head of credit operations, working in a new role previously ...