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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market was almost one per cent higher at noon, led by the big miners and major banks as commodities prices firmed following a strong lead from the US. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41.3 points, or 0.89 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received a positive set of leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street trading higher and oil and metals prices firmer. At 0835 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 19 points at 4,689 points, on volume of ...

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
It had to happen sometime and it's looking like that time has come as equity markets in the developed economies are starting to outperform those in the fast-growing BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India and China. Bloomberg reports that the MSCI World Index ...

Towers Watson builds investment team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Towers Watson Investment has expanded its Australian investment team by four with plans to add another two within months. Former head of Mercer's New Zealand Retirement /Actuarial Consulting business, Paul Newfield is assuming the role of senior investment ...

YBR launches term deposits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road is once again challenging the banks with the launch of its own range of term deposits. Yellow Brick Road term deposits are issued by Gateway Credit Union, a major Authorised Deposit-taking Institution (ADI) and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, driven by concern about weakness in the Eurozone and instability in Korea. On the ASX24 at 0720 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was two points lower ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank completes Linear deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have finalised its 24 per cent stake purchase in Linear Asset Management with immediate plans for Linear's wealth management platform. The bank said it would provide a new generation platform access for wealth and third party ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
"Well, it's a three step process. First, you think I'm going left. But I don't. So now you're thinking, am I going to go right or even confuse him by going left. So I go left again. Now you think I'm finally gonna go right but what I'm really gonna ...

Mercer planning chief joins Yellow Brick Road

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management has appointed Scott Walters, former head of financial planning at Mercer Wealth Solutions, to the role of retail head of financial planning. Walters will be responsible for leading and growing all aspects of the retail ...

OneVue on global path with managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
Managed accounts specialist OneVue is looking to expand its business offshore following a raft of client wins from both fund managers and financial advisers in the past 12 months. OneVue Limited was formed in September 2008 after three businesses namely ...