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Westpac looks at centralising investment functions

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Westpac is currently reviewing its investment functions and is expected to announce the changes before Christmas. A spokesperson confirmed that Westpac was "looking at centralising a few things to bolster the business," adding that no further information ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian share market has started higher, led by gains from the big four banks and major miners. The market is more than three-quarters of one per cent higher in early trade, more than reversing Tuesday's losses. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after a surprise cut to interest rates in China boosted mining stocks. The People's Bank of China has unexpectedly cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in more than two years to boost sagging ...

FPA Future2 award goes to Kathy Havers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has awarded the 2014 Future2 Community Service of the Year Award to Catalyst Financial Group adviser Kathy Havers. The award was announced at the FPA Congress in Adelaide and recognises FPA members ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The Australian Stock market is flat despite a positive lead from Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 climbed 0.19 per cent and 0.2 per cent overnight, both reaching fresh record highs following positive economic data. But Lonsec ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Brisbane-based Visis Private Wealth adviser Stephen Godfrey won the Financial Planning Association (FPA) financial planner of the year award presented at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall highlighted Godfrey's "fact finding ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
You wouldn't miss it even if you tried. Markit Economics did a dump - a dump of fresh PMI data, that is - but after a brief knee-jerk reaction from the financial markets, everything went back to where they were. As they should. This is because the November ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The share market is lower for a fourth straight day as further falls in iron ore prices drags on the big miners. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the lower iron ore price was the main culprit behind the market fall, as it had been for last three ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fluctuated as the Federal Reserve's minutes show many policymakers see the need to watch for inflation. At 0905 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is trading lower, pulled back by the big miners and major banks. Investors largely ignored gains on markets in the United States and Europe overnight, and instead fretted over lower iron ore prices. "It was concerning for ...