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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0920 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down six points at 5,468. In corporate news today, the details of a proposed ...

FEAL appoints three new directors

The Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) has appointed three new directors to the board following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week. The new directors are Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Super, Colin McGuinness, chief executive of NGS ...

AIG Life appoints head of group insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
AIG Life has appointed a former AustralianSuper executive as the new head of group insurance. Damien Green, the former AustralianSuper general manager of business development, will now head up AIG Life's group insurance division. Green said his focus ...

Perennial welcomes new equities dealer

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
Perennial Value Management has added a new equities dealer to its Australian equities team. John Murray, managing director of Perennial Value Management, said the appointment of Tea Starr as equities dealer would underpin Perennial's execution capabilities. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Australian stock market was weaker at noon today after a central bank interest rate rise put the brakes on the bourse's recent rally to record highs. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 24.5 points lower at 5467.1, while the all ordinaries ...

BlackRock expands distribution team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
BlackRock has beefed up its retail distribution and marketing team after completing its merger with Merrill Lynch and uniting the businesses under the one banner. Underpinning BlackRock's strategy of growing the Australian business and product range ...

Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for default super fund selections to be banned because they block consumers from developing customised retirement strategies. Speaking at the first day of public hearings in Sydney for the Parliamentary ...

Slow tech roll-outs putting off tech-savvy Gen Y

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
A workplace planning and culture specialist has found that the slow implementation of new communications technologies by financial services providers is impeding staff performance and damaging employee attraction and retention, particularly for tech-savvy ...

Funds must make it easier to amalgamate small accounts: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
Treasurer Peter Costello, speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) conference this week, said the superannuation industry must work harder to make amalgamations of small accounts easier. "Kids have got a whole lot of part-time ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market remained weaker today on the back of a drop on US markets, with banks and resource stocks down on yesterday's trading. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20.7 points to 5158.1 and the all ordinaries fell ...