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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Australian shares are are expected to open higher as US stocks staged a late rally to post solid gains at the close. US energy and oil stocks led the gains on stronger commodity prices, and local resources and energy stocks should benefit. At 0730 AEST ...

FOS gears up to combat record complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... services, may be presented to ASIC ahead of time. "Drafting of the terms of reference and explanatory guidelines has reached the stage that the final form will be considered by the FOS board very shortly," said Neave. "We were required by ASIC to have ...

Conservative strategies pay for ITC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... having Timbercorp and Great Southern gone because ultimately they were very large aggressive growth companies." "We're at the stage now where the industry needs to reinvent itself and regain confidence from the investor market. They'll need to do that ...

AIA public listing one step closer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... Liddy said, "We continue to consider all strategic options through a robust, structured and disciplined process. At this stage, we believe that a public listing for AIA would be in the best interests of all stakeholders, including US taxpayers, policyholders ...

They will, they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
It'll be another case of "will they, won't they" today as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its regular monthly Board meeting. Will they, won't they? The RBA lowered the country's official cash rate to an even 3 per cent last month. This represented ...

Ipac buying spree continues

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Ipac Securities is eyeing the Cairns, Canberra, Gold Coast and South Australian markets for their next acquisitions as the dealer group focuses on buying financial planning businesses specialising in retirees. Ipac Securities, which has $2.1 billion ...

Matrix selects BT Wrap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... continue to have a strong relationship with our alternative platform provider, Oasis. However, our inflows have grown to a stage where we can support the choice provided by a second badge, particularly as we increase adviser numbers through recruitment," ...

NCSF and Catholic Super to merge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... whether to merge, we applied the same test to everything we examine - 'Is this in the best interests of our members?' At this stage, we are overwhelmingly convinced the answer is an unqualified 'yes' and we will continue to assess the opportunities which ...

Local S&P veteran heads to global stage

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
Mark Hoven, head of fund services at Standard and Poor's Fund Services in Australia has been promoted to global head of sales, marketing and business development of the ratings house and will be based in London. Hoven currently heads up S&P's Fund Services ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street and most other world markets on Friday. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 33 points at 3,773. In economic ...