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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... for Greece and persuading banks to agree to major writedowns in an accord reached after two successive summits. French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced at a summit in Brussels that eurozone leaders had agreed to leverage the 440-billion-euro ($A591 ...

MacMillan wins AFA Adviser of the Year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... judging panel including Klipin, Dr Rebecca Sheils, director of research at Beaton Research and Consulting, Brad Fox, president of the AFA, Peter Sobels, director of Riskinfo, Philip Kewin, general manager sales and marketing for Zurich Retail Risk, Marc ...

Unlocking the door to adviser education

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... AFA FChFP graduation ceremony, which saw 20 graduates take to the stage to accept their graduation certificate, AFA president Brad Fox among them. "For an association to be professional, education has to be at the core," said Smith. The nominees for ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... and was still sharply higher in late trade at $US1.3944, up from $US1.3894 Friday. European leaders, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy and IMF chief Christine Lagarde, on Sunday said "good progress" had been made in talks on the debt crisis ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... amount of pressure on them to deliver a solution." "Not quite," according to France and Germany. Last night, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement advising you, me and Irene to expect no decision this ...

Blackstone appoints Future Fund's Costello

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... believe Blackstone is very well positioned to deliver on this objective to investors." Costello will report to Blackstone president Tony James and head of equity in Asia-Pacific Michael Chae, who also heads up the firm's limited partner relationships ...

Manufactured in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... on countries with "misaligned" exchange rates and US Treasury Secretary Geithner's vocal support for the bill and US President Obama's accusation that China is "gaming the system" by keeping its currency artificially low. But if you don't believe China's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... one to approve it on Friday morning, Australian time. Earlier in the week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to come up with "a lasting, global and quick response to the crisis s before the end of the month". ...

S&P/ASX create fixed income indices suite

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... have developed the suite for over two years after noting an investor push towards passive investing. James Rieger, vice president, fixed income, S&P Indices said in a media briefing this morning that after several years of market outreach it became clear ...

Volcker Rule could slash Wall Street incomes 25%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... economist and former chairman of the US Federal Reserve Paul Volcker following the global financial crisis and endorsed by President Obama in January last year. They contain four core elements. First, limit the ability of banks and financial and institutions ...