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Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
The wealth management industry has been slow to keep pace with the growing demand for aged care advice and those that have taken steps early in the game are already reaping the benefits. Mounting data suggests the next big trend in financial planning ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Australian stocks have opened lower, with market players getting out of the resources sector and pouring into the big banks. Australia's big two miners were lower in early trade - BHP Billiton was down 88 cents, or 2.74 per cent, at $31.18, while Rio ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
Australian stocks were lower at noon, driven down by resources stocks and falls in commodity prices. The big miners weigh heavily on the ASX and were leading the broader market lower after gold prices were particularly hit hard in offshore trading after ...

Business leaders donate big to Salvos

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The business community raised in excess of $2 million at the launch of the Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal at a lunch held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney yesterday. Guest speakers Fortescue Metal Group chairman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and his wife ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open stronger after US stocks powered to record highs. At 0754 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was 38 points higher at 5,002 points, with 3,250 contracts traded. In economic news on Thursday ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Oh-em-gee! That slowly revving engine of the world economy is running out of puff. Woe is us, we're in trouble now. Wall Street's down big time - the Dow's down by 0.8% and the S&P 500 slid by 1.1% -- along with Europe (Euro Stoxx 50 off 1.5% at the ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower over renewed jitters about the euro zone, following a bailout deal for Cyprus. IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said the Australian market had opened in a pretty sombre mood. Markets overseas had initially ...

Adviser-client communication directly linked to profits: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
Good communication not only guarantees a closer relationship between financial advisers and clients, it can also have a direct impact on the practices' profitability, research shows. According to the "New frontiers: the age of consumers" report by Business ...

Lost super deadline closes in

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian Taxation Office is reminding superannuation funds they have less than three months before the 31 May deadline to transfer certain lost super accounts to the Australian Taxation Office. Lost super under the requirements are defined as ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Wall Street dropped big time overnight. Thank goodness for that. The S&P 500 index closed 1.8% lower last night. This is the biggest daily fall since the 2.4% drop registered on 7/11/2012 - the time when markets were neck-deep with worries. At the time ...