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Pimco Australia wealth management head to step down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
Pimco Australia's head of global wealth management Peter Dorrian is leaving after eight years with the company. Dorrian joined Pimco in 2006 and led the company's entry into the Australian platform/retail market. "It's been a privilege to work with ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0704 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 17 points points at 5,389. Wall Street stocks rose more than one per cent following ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after a pullback on Wall Street. Mixed earnings reports triggered a broad market retreat in the US overnight, breaking a three-session winning streak. Analysts said the pullback was not surprising given that ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher on strong US leads and iron ore price gains. US stocks extended the rally that began late last week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing 0.12 per cent higher on Monday. Wall Street's gains and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Shares are more than 1% firmer as Australian investors shrug off concerns about slowing global growth. The big banks and miners were leading the broader local market higher as investors took their cues from a rebound on US and European markets, Australian ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
SelectingSuper has announced the finalists for this year's fund, product and self managed superannuation administrator of the year awards being held in Melbourne on 21 November. The awards are supported by MetLife and span 15 divisions including Fund ...

MetLife COO departs, replaced by former TAL exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
MetLife has appointed former TAL head of customer service and operations Luke Banfield as its new chief operating officer. Banfield replaces Michael Henderson, who has left the company. MetLife has also appointed Tim Tez to the newly-created role of ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Retail funds should be banned from providing default super to employers who bank with them, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. He also argued they should also be banned from paying shareholder dividends until ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is higher at noon as bargain hunters step in amid stronger iron ore prices and a solid production report from Rio Tinto. CMC Markets analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian market was performing well, considering the lacklustre ...

New tech can't beat face-to-face advice meetings

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Despite the emergence of new technologies such as Skype and social media, more than eight of 10 consumers still prefer an old-fashioned face-to-face meeting with their financial adviser. That's according to new research from State Super Financial Services ...