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AMP merges fin planning businesses

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
AMP financial planning business ipac announced yesterday that it would integrate boutique financial advisory firm Tynan Mackenzie under the ipac brand. Tynan Mackenzie is also part of the AMP group. The integration will see Tynan Mackenzie transition ...

FPA awards Australia's best financial planners

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Three financial planners from Victoria have scooped the Financial Planning Association's top national accolades at this year's Best Practice Awards. The awards are designed to acknowledge the positive contribution made by Australia's best financial ...

Senior members announced to Industry Super Network board

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
Industry Super Network has appointed former Victoria Premier Steve Bracks as chairman of its board. Meanwhile former minister for health, attorney general and treasurer of the NSW parliament Peter Collins will commence as deputy chair. Bracks was Premier ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian election will put the giant mining and banking sectors at risk of regulatory reform while investors are entering a period of heightened uncertainty, according to a recent report from Political Monitor, a political risk research and advisory ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian shares opened lower with the mining giants and most of the major banks posting falls. At 1022 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 42.4 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4,441.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
A political quarrel surrounding the US fiscal cliff looks set to become the focal point for investors after Barrack Obama's narrow victory in the presidential race. President Obama's priority is to secure a budget deal with the US Congress to avoid ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street tumbled following US President Barack Obama's re-election, with investors now seeing a tough battle with Republicans over a looming "fiscal cliff". At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

ME Bank appoints new directors

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
ME Bank shareholders have appointed Christine Christian and Justin Milne to the ME Bank Board, at the bank's Annual General Meeting in Melbourne on 1 November. Christine Christian is well versed in credit risk management and has served in senior executive ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... man win the White House but without control of the Senate. "In the event that the Senate majority and the presidential victor are split, we can expect even more political gridlock, with the prospect of a deal to avert the fiscal cliff by year-end likely ...