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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
Australian stocks were higher at noon, boosted by both the resources sector and financials. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 13.6 points higher, or 0.29 per cent, at 4,631.8 while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 14.3 points ...

AFA announces Rising Star nominees

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
Every year, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) trawls through its membership base to find out the future leaders of the advice industry. This year, six advisers made it to the shortlist. AFA chief executive officer Richard Klipin said the final ...

CommInsure boosts retail life offering

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
CommInsure has unveiled a number of upgrades to its retail life insurance offering, including the ability for customers to use their super fund to pay for their insurance premiums. As part of a partnership between CommInsure and Colonial First State's ...

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
Financial planners have a new tool on hand to work out how best to cater for their next generation of clients following a new wealth report that shows which countries are breeding more billionaires and how they are investing their money. For decades ...

PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
The $1.6 billion Professional Associations Super has poured $80 million into two direct property mandates and re-allocated $75 million from global bonds to Australian bonds. Paul Kessell, the fund's chief investment officer, said he was not able to ...

Instreet launches geared Aussie equity product

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
Boutique structured product manufacturer Instreet has launched a new product offering self-managed super funds (SMSF's) and other investors a leveraged exposure to Australian equities. The Instreet Mast S&P/ASX 200 product gives investors a 100 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Australian stocks sat around 20 points higher by noon, with the materials sector leading off the back of strong commodity prices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 19.7 points higher, or 0.42 per cent, at 4701.1 while the broader All ...

Commercial property regains appeal: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
The latest Charter Hall Group Investor Forum survey of approximately 400 Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) trustees and individual investors found that 55 per cent of investors plan to invest more into listed and unlisted property market this year. The ...

Planners receive Wisdom awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
The annual Financial Wisdom Value of Advice awards recognised five financial planning practices for their contribution to the industry and clients ranging from retirement planning to pro-bono work. The winning advisers, who were selected from 50 entrants ...

Introducing foreclosure-gate, the latest risk to a US recovery

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Recent court rulings have cast doubt on millions of mortgage foreclosures across the US, potentially reducing the value of investments held by Australian institutions in related assets. Court rulings across the country have found that millions of securitized ...