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New FPA chief begins her term

The Financial Planning Association's (FPA) recently appointed chief executive Kerrie Kelly began her term yesterday, replacing acting chief executive June Smith. Ms Smith has been the steward of the top job since 3 October, when former head Ken Breakspear ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investor jitters after weekend terrorist attacks

European stockmarkets suffered heavy losses today as a sell-off on Wall Street and weekend terrorist attacks in Turkey gave investors the jitters. The London FTSE 100 index fell 1.32 per cent to 4,338.9 points at the close of trading, in Paris the CAC ...

Investec adds property specialist to Brisbane team

Investec have added property expert John Hollamby to its Brisbane team, effective from today, the boutique investment bank has announced. Mr Hollamby was formerly the head of Property and Construction Finance for ANZ in Brisbane, and had been with ANZ ...

Short-term visitor arrivals dip by 2% to 423,800 during October: ABS

The number of short-term visitor arrivals during October was 423,800, a decrease of two per cent as compared with the month of September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The majority of the visitors arrived from Europe (115,700) ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar puts pressure on local stocks

The Australian share market was lower to noon as the rising Australian dollar continues to put pressure on local stocks with offshore earnings. The resource sector and heavyweights such as News Corp continued to show their vulnerability to the strong ...

Telstra faces hostile shareholders

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
Angry Telstra Corp shareholders last week applied their collective war paint for what turned out to be an unexpectedly hostile annual general meeting in Sydney. In a marathon session which stretched beyond five hours, the airing of grievances ranged ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hovers at $US0.7200

The Australian dollar opened slightly weaker today but was still hovering on the $US0.7200 level it reached last Friday. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7198/03 compared with Friday's close of 0.7212/17. The local unit reached ...

RBA gov says could be generational conflict over tax burden

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
A potential conflict is brewing between the generations in Australia where the young may come to resent carrying the tax burden of a greying population, Australia's top banker warned today. Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane said this ...

Macquarie Financial sells South African joint venture holding

Macquarie Financial Services Group today announced it has sold its 33.33 per cent shareholding in its South African joint venture, Innofin, to its joint venture partner, Sanlam. Macquarie's interest in Innofin was sold for R 90 million ($A18.7 million) ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close firmer

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
The Australian share market closed firmer today supported by strong resources and banking sectors. ABN Amro Morgans client adviser Margaret Morrissey said strong base metal prices overnight and a perception that banks have been oversold recently helped ...