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Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... skip, hop and jump sharply before or at the same time that Wall Street is down. But nah, nyet, non, no! As per Bloomberg, "Brent for August settlement increased 34 cents, or 0.3 percent, to end the session at $114.46 a barrel on the London-based ICE ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... ended the week down 0.26 per cent to 9,912.87 points, and the CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.24 per cent to 4,543.28 points. Brent oil soared to a nine-month high at $US114.69 a barrel, as investors fretted over spreading unrest in crude producer Iraq, traders ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... third. Just in from Bloomberg, "Obama Won't Rule Out Airstrikes to Aid Iraq's Army". Oil spikes! "West Texas Intermediate and Brent crudes surged to eight-month highs as violence escalated across northern and central Iraq, increasing the prospect of ...

MAX Preview: Beyond value of advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
One of the key discussions at next week's Financial Standard MAX Forum is the distinct refocusing of marketing offers to the concerns of financial advisers not just as go-to advice experts but as successful business owners. Next Wednesday, the MAX-nominated ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... showed policy makers discussing how to manage the impact of an interest rate hike they expect to implement only in mid-2015. Brent Schutte, market strategist at BMO Global Asset, said stocks accelerated their gains after the FOMC minutes did not imply ...

Advisers turn budget into opportunity to engage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Tech savvy financial planners have turned fears around the 2014/15 federal budget cuts into an opportunity to highlight the value of advice and engage with their clients on social media. The government's warnings before the release of the 2014 budget ...

Tasplan and Quadrant mull merger

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... and quality and expansion of services to all regional areas of Tasmania are key considerations," she said. Quadrant chair Brent Armstrong said a merger would have significant benefits "not only to Tasmanian members but to the broader community" "A larger ...

Nine in 10 Australians can't get no insurance satisfaction: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Only a select few among working Australians are on top of their insurance needs, leaving the door wide open for financial advisers who have mastered the ins and outs of good insurance. Late last year, insurer Zurich surveyed 394 working Australians ...

Right direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013

Jenny Brown named FS Smileys Scholar of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013