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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened flat following weak overseas leads from the US. Gains in heavyweight Australian mining stocks have been offset by falls in Telstra - which has gone ex-dividend - and fellow large companies Woodside Petroleum and ...

Charter Hall profits dip 4.3%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Charter Hall's statutory profit after tax for the six months to 31 December 2013 has fallen 4.3% to $28.6 million. Operating earnings for the period were up 13.1% to $38.1 million while the group paid a distribution of 11 cents, up 12.2% pcp. Charter ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... colour flashing for most Asian equity markets after Markit/HSBC's flash manufacturing PMI for China dropped to 48.3 in February - its lowest reading in seven months and less than expectations for a 49.4 print - from 49.5 in the previous month. It's bad ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a survey showed that US manufacturing had expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years. At 0845 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was ...

FPA puts TASA back in the agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is putting the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 back on the advisers' agenda ahead of the implementation in July 1, 2014. The association has put together four webinars and a toolkit campaign that aim to educate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street. At 0900 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,369. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne ...

Capital Group appoints two senior executives

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Capital Group has made two senior appointments as it looks to strengthen its position in the Australian market. Former Perpetual executive Jorden Brown has been appointed to the new position of head of wholesale sales for Australia. Brown will be responsible ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mixed performance on European markets with Wall Street closed for the Presidents' Day public holiday. At 0803 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 28 points at ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Little more than two years ago, you wouldn't have to look very hard to find a 12-month term deposit paying you around 6%. But the hangover from the wildest commodity-fuelled party in Australia's history had to catch up eventually. Since then, the Reserve ...

Matrix to focus on attracting aligned advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Matrix Financial Solutions will be focusing on strategies to attract advisers from aligned dealer groups after the resignation of its managing director Rick Di Cristoforo. "There are opportunities now that didn't exist five years ago, and this will ...