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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Resource stocks may fall after commodities including oil, gold and copper declined. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney ...

Fee for service planners on the rise

... service models, while independent planners took twice the amount of revenue from pure fee for service last year compared to bank based planners. "However, bank based planners expect this gap to narrow significantly over the next three years," Meanwhile ...

China's growth sustainable: Wang

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Strong leadership, effective planning and a willingness to learn from Western economies guarantees the Chinese economy's growth is sustainable and will continue to flourish, according to Dr Xisu Wang, China grand master and foreign investment consultant. ...

ING buys into Turkish pension market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... transaction has been closed. "Oyak Emeklilik has a strong management [team] and its distribution is already well integrated in ING Bank Turkey," said Tom Kliphuis, ING chief executive of insurance Central Europe. "By further leveraging our life insurance ...

Lord Stern launches carbon ratings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... certainty to the market." Ian Johnson, chair of IDEAcarbon and former vice president for Sustainable Development at the World Bank, said, "Our analysis shows that the concern of many investors is justified - carbon projects are risky and until recently ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell overnight on weaker economic data and industrial metals declined in London. At 0751 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index was down 53 points to ...

MMC recruits McLaughlin and Frost

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
MMC Contrarian has appointed former Australian Wealth Management head of research, Justin McLaughlin, as chief investment officer and former Investors Mutual Limited portfolio manager, Paul Frost, as portfolio manager. This announcement follows the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... are still struggling after a good recovery yesterday." Westpac was down 48 cents or 2.32 per cent to $20.19, Commonwealth Bank of Australia shed 91 cents or 2.29 per cent to $38.79, ANZ fell 47 cents or 2.53 per cent to $18.13 and National Australia ...

Deloitte warns against split regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
Deloitte supports the federal government's Green Paper on financial services and credit reform but warned against separately regulating mortgage and non-mortgage lenders. Phil Hardy, Deloitte banking and finance specialist, said the firm was concerned ...

MLC group insurance offers real time updates

... outstanding claims and underwriting actions, and download reports, forms and brochures. "It is a bit like looking into a bank account online, just by sitting at a desk. [Your adviser] can log in and check where your policy and underwriting claims are ...